UC-NRLF 


C    5    53E    fl42 


LB 

This  Pamphlet  is  not  the  property  of  any  individual,  but  is  designed  for  the  use  of  Town  and 
/£^C2/  lowl  District  Officers  in  the  prosecution  of  their  official  duties,  and  should  in  all  cases  by  them 
*  O  C?  i       carefully  preserved  and  promptly  transmitted  to  their  respective  successors  in  office. 


! 


TITLE    10 


OF      TIIE 


Revised  Laws  o±  Vermont,  1880, 


> 


RELATING   TO 


1 


^ttWishea  fry  gutt&orittj. 


rn 


m 


CO 

CO 


o 

>- 


R  U  T  L  A  N  D  : 
~tle  &  Co.,  Official  Printers  and  Stationers  to  the  State. 

1  8  8  1. 


LIBRARY 


University  of  California. 

GIFT  OF 

%eceived  (d<*J^* 


^Accessions  No 


stsw. 


,  189IA 
Gats  No. 


TITLE    10 


OF   THE 


REVISED  LAAVS  OF  VERMONT,  1880, 


RELATING  TO 


Public  Instruction. 


^ublfsijeti  6g  Hutfjorttg. 


RUTLAND 


'V      Of  TB)t*< 

[UHIVERSITT] 


TUTTLE  &  CO.,  OFFICIAL  PRINTERS  AND  STATIONERS 

TO  THE  STATE  OF  VERMONT. 

1881. 


L_l 


V  5*5 
\S£I 


£Zfin> 


PREFACE. 


This  pamphlet  is  printed  imder  authority  of  No.   142,  Acts 
of  1880,  Sec.  5,  for  the  use  of  school  districts. 


CLARENCE   H.    PITKIN, 
HIRAM   A.    HUSE, 
ASHTON   R.    WILLARD, 

Commissioners  to  edit  the  Revised  Laws. 


Montpelier,  July,  1881. 


'-y^  Of  TH1    '^ 

tfSIVBRSITT] 
TITLE  10. 

PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 


< 


Chapter  27.  —  State  and  town  superintendents. 

Chapter  28. — Normal  schools. 

Chapter  29.  —  Teachers'  certificates. 

Chapter  30.  —  Organization,  officers,  and  meetings  of  school 
districts. 

Chapter  31.  —  School-houses. 

Chapter  32.  —  Alterations  in  school  districts. 

Chapter  33. — Maintenance  of  schools. 

Chapter  34.  —  Sending  children  to  school  out  of  the  district  in 
which  they  reside,  and  to  academifes. 

Chapter  35.  —  Graded,  central,  and  union  schools. 

Chapter  36.  — Town  system. 

Chapter  37. — Text-books. 

Chapter  38.  — Registers  and  returns. 

Chapter  39.  —  School  taxes  and  school  moneys. 

Chapter  40.  —  Compulsory  attendance  ;  general  provisions. 

Chapter  41.  — Instruction  of  the  deaf,  dumb,  blind,  idiotic  and 
feeble-minded. 


(52  SUPERINTENDENTS.  [Titls  10. 

CHAPTER    27. 
STATE  AND  TOWN  SUPERINTENDENTS. 


Section- 
State  Superintendent. 

452.  Election ;  vacancy  how  filled. 

453.  General  duties. 

454.  To  hold  teachers'  institutes. 

455.  May  hold  educational  meetings. 


Section 
456,  457.  Report,  how  distributed. 

Town  Superintendents. 

458.  Term  of  office.  / 

459.  General  duties. 

460.  461.  Account  for  services. 


Election ;  vacancy.  Sec.  452.     The  general  assembly  shall  elect,  at  each  bien- 

I870'  No.21-*g!'s.8;  nliX^  sessi°u»  «i  state  superintendent  of  education.  A  vacancy 
22,  §1;  1856^  No.  5,    in  said  office  shall  be  filled  by  the  governor. 

;:  1,9;  1845,  No.  37,  J  ° 

S3:  1833,  No.  19,  §  1 ; 
1827,  No.  23,  §  16. 

<;<nerai duties.  m  Sec.  453.  The  state  superintendent  shall  devote  his  whole 
No.  &M4;'l872,  No!  time  to  promoting  the  educational  interests  of  the  state,  and 
\«'J  6.l°;s;!2'  L8ii  shall  visit  every  part  thereof  during  each  year,  deliver  lectures 

18o6,  No.  5,  $3;  1849,  ..  .  .J   f      „      ,  .  »  ./,         '  .  , 

No.  14,  ^  2;  1845,  No.  upon  the  subject  of  education,  confer  with  town  supenntend- 
37>  J  7-  ents,  visit  schools  with  them,  and  furnish  them  blank  certifi- 

cates   for   teachers,    and    blank    forms    for   collecting    school 
statistics. 
Teachers'  institutes.  Sec.  454.     The  state  superintendent  shall  annually,  upon  a 

No.  7 ;  1868!  No'.  53,  '  written  application  for  that  purpose  of  twenty-five  teachers  in 
fsfi^N7, 27°'rV'22;  any  coullty'  except  Grand  Isle  and  Essex,  where  the  applica- 
$23-  1856,  No.  5,  \  sj  tion  of  fifteen  shall  be  sufficient,  hold  one  teachers'  institute  in 
1849,  No.  14, {8;  1845,  suc}1  county,  for  a  term  not  exceeding  three  days,  at  a  time  as 
far  as  practicable  when  the  common  schools  are  not  in  session. 
He  may  employ  assistants  to  give  efficiency  and  interest  to  such 
institutes,  and  a  sum  not  exceeding  thirty  dollars  a  day  paid  by 
him  for  their  services  and  for  advertising  and  other  necessary 
expenses,  shall  be  paid  to  him  upon  the  order  of  the  auditor  of 
accounts. 
f8-uscaN°n8i124eet!ngs'       ^EC*  ^55.     When  application  is  not  made  previous  to  the 
first  day  of  July  by  the  requisite  number  of  school  teachers,  for 
a  teachers'  institute,  the  state  superintendent,  if  after  consulta- 
tion with  the  superintendents  of  the  county,  he  judges  best  so 
to  do,  may  hold  in  such  county,  in  places  where  proper  arrange- 
ments can  be  made,  not  less  than  two  nor  more  than  five  edu- 
cational  meetings,   for  one  day  and   evening  each,  and  may 
employ  suitable  persons  as  assistants  in  the  meetings  ;  and  for 
such  assistance  and  the  expense  of  advertising,  he  shall  be  paid 
from  the  state  treasury  not  more  than  twelve  dollars  for  each 
meeting. 
Report.  Sec.  456.     The  state  superintendent  shall  prepare  and  pre- 

s.  2I2,  §?3, 4?  1858, '  sent  to  tae  general  assembly,  on  the  first  day  of  each  biennial 
f°ih  b^'im^No0'  sess^011'  a  report  of  his  official  acts  for  the  preceding  two  years, 
37,  §  7!   '  '   and  a  statement  of  the  condition  of  schools  and  of  the  expendi- 

ture of  the  school  money  therein,  with  such  suggestions  for  the 
improvement  of  the  schools  as  he  deems  proper. 


Chap.  £8.] 


NORMAL  SCHOOLS. 


153 


Sec.  457.     Not   more   than  three   thousand  five   hundred  fXtlon?umber' dU* 
copies  of  his  report  shall  be  printed,  and  he  shall  distribute  1874,  No  83,5  7;  g. 

.,*  r  ii  li  *•  *i  l  S.  22,  {8;  1858,  No. 

them  as  follows  :  one  copy  to  each  member  of  the  general  as-  it  $  fe; 
sembly ;  one  copy  to  each  town  superintendent ;  one  copy  to 
each  district  clerk ;  and  one  copy  to  the  principal  of  each 
graded,  union,  or  high  school;  and  the  remaining  copies  shall 
be  deposited  in  the  state  library  for  reference,  exchange  or  sale. 
The  copies  for  distribution,  except  for  members  of  the  general 
assembly,  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  town  clerks,  who  shall 
deliver  them  to  the  persons  entitled  thereto. 

TOWN    SUPERINTENDENT. 

Sec.  458.     The  term  of  office  of  a  town  superintendent  shall  g™  STq^'g  s. 
begin  on  the  first  day  of  April  next  after  his  election  and  con-  15, 1  i3;'i858,  No.  l, 

6  1 ;  1845,  No.  37,  :  1 ; 
1833,  No.  19,  51 ;  1827, 
No.  23,  §  3. 


tinue  for  one  year  and  until  a  successor  is  chosen. 


Sec.  459.     Town  superintendents    shall   visit   each  public  General  duties, 
school  in  their  towns,  at  least  once  a  year,  shall  inform  them-  uo.37,  \\\  1*833,  No. 
selves  of  the  discipline  and  progress  in  study  in  such  schools,  19.  §  i;  1828,  No.  17, 
advise  the  teachers,  and  adopt  the  necessary  measures  for  the  ■ ' 

examination,  regulation,  and  improvement  in  learning,  of  such 
schools. 

Sec.  460.     Each  town  superintendent  of  schools  shall,  at  the  Account  for  serTices. 
close  of  his  term  of  office  make  a  detailed  account  of  his  ser- §.  22,  §9';  186i;n'o.9, 
vices,  stating  the  date,  time  spent  and  kind  of  service,  and  the  f^'ioU18^8'  ?70,,1!1 
number  of  districts  in  which  a  school  has  been  taught  during 
the  year  preceding,  and  shall  make  oath  to  the  correctness  of 
the  same  before  a  justice,  who  shall  certify  thereto.     Such  ac- 
count shall  be  presented  to  the  selectmen  of  the  town,  and  the 
selectmen  shall  allow  so  much  of  said  account  as  is  just  and 
draw  an  order  on  the  town  treasurer  therefor.     The  account 
when  audited  shall  be  placed  on  file  in  the  town  clerk's  office. 

Sec.  461.     Each  town  superintendent  shall  file  a  duplicate  Duplicate  to  be  nied. 
copy  of  his  account  in  the  office  of  the  town  clerk  on  or  before  G<  s* 22,  * 10' 
the  day  previous  to  the  annual  town  meeting. 


Chapter  28. 


NORMAL  SCHOOLS 


Section 

462.  Normal  schools  continued  till  1890. 
Appointment  and  removal  of  teach- 
ers. 
Courses  of  study. 

State  aid  refused  unless  §  464  com- 
plied with. 
Examinations. 

467.  Towns  entitled  to  scholarships. 

468,  469.    Town  superintendent  may  ap- 


463. 


464. 
465. 


466. 


Section 

point  or  recommend  for  scholar- 
ship; qualifications  of  appointee. 

470.  Vacant  scholarships,  assignment  of. 

471.  Amount  of  scholarships ;  conditions 

of  payment 

472.  473.     State  appropriations. 

474.  Training  school  department  of  graded 
schools. 


Sec.  462.     The  normal  schools  at  Randolph,  Johnson  and  schools  continued. 
Castleton  are  continued  until  August,  1890.  }|%  gj;  ^  {^ 


No.  20,  $  1 ;  1866,  No. 
1,  §§1,7. 


154 


NORMAL   SCHOOLS. 


[Title  10. 


Teachers. 


Sec.  463.  The  state  superintendent  of  education  shall 
No^M^'iie/No.'  nominate  and  approve  a  principal  teacher  and  a  first  assistant 
M2. '  teacher  for  each  normal  school,  and  shall  withdraw  such  ap- 

proval when  the  interests  of  the  school  demand  ;  and  no  person 
not  so  nominated,  or  the  approval  of  whom  is  withdrawn,  shall 
be  employed  as  such  principal  or  first  assistant ;  but  the  prin- 
cipal may  select  his  other  assistants  and  provide  for  the  dis- 
cipline of  the  school. 


COURSES    OF    STUDY. 

courses  of  studv.  Sec.  464.     There  shall  be  two  courses  of  study  in  a  normal 

IS  no.'m,3$  I*  i2866i  school,  and  no  more.     Each  course  shall  contain  such  branches 

No.  l, )  3. ''  '  us  the  trustees  of  the  school  and  the  state  superintendent  shall 

agree  upon  ;  but  no  foreign  language,  ancient  or  modern,  shall 

be  included  therein.     No  study  or  subject  not  included  in  the 

established  courses  shall  be  taught  in  a  normal  school. 

Sec.  465.  The  state  superintendent  shall  ascertain  each 
term  of  half  year  whether  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  sec- 
tion have  been  complied  with,  and  in  case  of  non-compliance 
on  the  part  of  a  school,  or  of  the  trustees  or  teachers  thereof, 
shall  withhold  the  certificates  upon  which  the  auditor  of  ac- 
counts is  authorized  to  draw  his  order  for  the  payment  of 
moneys  to  such  school. 


>  o  state  aid  unless  § 
404  complied  with. 
1878,  No.  113,  {  4. 


Examinations. 

1874,  No.  35,  Si  2,  3 ; 
1868,  No.  31 ;  1866, 
No.  1,  $  5. 


EXAMINATIONS. 

Sec.  466.  The  examination  for  admission  to  a  normal 
school  shall  be  controlled  by  the  trustees  of  such  school  and 
the  state  superintendent.  The  examination  for  graduation 
shall  be  conducted  by  a  board  consisting  of  the  state  superin- 
tendent, the  principal  of  the  normal  school,  and  a  practical 
teacher  who  shall  be  annually  appointed  by  the  governor  from 
the  congressional  district  in  which  such  school  is  located,  and 
who  shall  receive  four  dollars  a  day  and  his  traveling  expenses 
while  in  the  discharge  of  such  duties.  Such  board  shall  attend 
and  assist  at  such  examination ;  and  shall  grant  certificates  of 
of  graduation  to  all  who  pass  the  required  examination  in  the 
first  course  or  both  courses,  but  may  revoke  said  certificate 
upon  cause  shown. 

SCHOLARSHIPS. 

Each  town  entitled  to        Sec.  467.     Each  town  shall  be  entitled  to  a  scholarship  in  a 
1878,  No.  113,  $  5;       normal  school,  and  a  person  appointed  to  a  scholarship  may 
1876,  No.  39,  $  3.        attend  the  normal  school  in  either  of  the  congressional  districts. 
Town  superintendents        Sec.  468.     The   town   superintendent    may  appoint   to    a 
"e^fp'ointed.'  w  °  may  scholarship,  for  the  period  required  to  complete  a  course  of 
18/6,  No.  39,  §  4.         study  in  the  school,  any  person  who  is  an  inhabitant  of  the 
town,  of  good  character,  fifteen  years  of  age  or  more,  who  de- 
clares it  to  be  his  purpose  to  complete  at  least  one  of  the 
courses  of  study  in  the  normal  school,  and  to  teach  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  the  state  for  two  years  after  graduation;  and 
upon  passing  the  examination  for  admission  to  the  school,  such 
person  shall  be  entitled  to  the  privileges  thereof.     The  town 


Chap.  28.]         SCHOLARSHIPS  — APPROPRIATIONS.  155 

superintendent  shall  notify  the  trustees  of  the  school  of  such 
appointment,  before  the  first  day  of  the  term  in  which  the 
appointment  is  to  take  effect. 

Sec.  469.     If  the  scholarship  of  the  town  is  already  filled  JS^wSJSSJ*"*1 
through  appointment  by  himself  or  by  his  predecessor,  he  may  187*6.  No.  39,  $  4. 
recommend  for  scholarship  to  the  trustees  of  either  of  the  nor- 
mal schools,  an}'  person  whom  he  could  appoint  to  the  scholar- 
ship of  his  town. 

Se£.  470.     A  scholarship  vacant  by  the  failure  of  the  town  vacant  scholarships ; 
superintendent  to  appoint  a  suitable  person,  or  by  the  unex-  i87|nNo.nii3J  $  5; 
cased  absence  of  the  holder  of  the  scholarship,  may  be  assigned,  1876,  No.  39,  §  5. 
by  the  trustees,  for  one  term  only,  to  any  person  recommended 
by  a  town  superintendent,  and  who  passes  the  required  exam- 
ination.    But  no  town  shall  have  more  than  ten  scholarships  in 
one  term,  and  the  total  number  of  scholarships  in  the  three 
schools  shall  not  exceed  the  number  of  towns  in  the  state. 

Sec.  471.  A  scholarship  shall  be  reckoned  at  twelve  dol-  Amount  of  scholarship; 
lars  a  half  year  ;  and  the  trustees  of  each  normal  school  may  we]  No.S39,  f * "^l"  ' 
present  their  claim  to  the  auditor  of  accounts  in  the  months  of 
June  and  December  for  such  sum  as  will  be  produced  by  the 
number  of  scholarships  filled  in  their  school  for  the  half  year 
then  current.  The  state  superintendent,  during  each  half  year, 
shall  examine  the  records  of  each  normal  school,  and  if  he  finds 
that  the  scholarships  have  been  granted  according  to  law  and 
only  in  such  numbers  as  the  law  allows,  and  that  the  provi- 
sions of  law  respecting  courses  of  study  have  been  complied 
with,  shall  give  his  certificate  to  that  effect ;  and  the  auditor 
shall  draw  his  order  on  the  treasurer  of  the  state  for  the  amount 
of  the  claim  presented  by  the  trustees  only  when  the  claim  is 
accompanied^  by  such  a  certificate  from  the  state  superin- 
tendent. 

APPROPRIATIONS. 

Sec.  472.     Five  hundred  dollars  a  year  is  appropriated  to  Regular  appropriation, 
each  normal  school,  to  be  expended  by  the  trustees  thereof  is^'no'sm^-  is?' 
under  the  direction  of  the  state  superintendent,  in  aiding  such  No.  20,  {  1 ;'  1876,  No.' 
schools  ;    and   the    auditor   of  accounts  shall  draw  his   order  1  ' '  L 
on  the  treasurer  of  the  state,  for  one-half  of  the  above  named 
sum  in  each  of  the  months  of  June  and  December,  on  the  pre- 
sentation by  the  trustees  of  such  school  of  their  claim  therefor, 
with  a  certificate  of  the  state  superintendent  that  the  school 
has   complied  with  the   provisions   of  law  respecting  normal 
schools. 

Sec.  473.  If,  in  addition  to  all  sums  received  from  the  conditional  appropri- 
state  by  direct  appropriation,  from  state  scholarships,  from  i^'no.  39,  j  6. 
tuition  and  from  the  rent  of  county  grammar  school  lands,  the 
trustees  of  a  normal  school  shall,  in  any  year,  furnish  and  use, 
under  the  direction  of  the  state  superintendent,  for  the  cur- 
rent expenses  of  the  school,  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars, 
they  shall  receive  from  the  state  an  equal  sum,  which  shall  be 
used  in  paying  for  instruction  in  such  school.  The  auditor  of 
accounts  shall  draw  his  order  for  the  payment  of  such  sum  in 


156 


STATE  CERTIFICATES. 


[Title  10. 


half  yearly  installments,  in  June  and  December,  upon  the 
receipt  of  the  claim  of  the  trustees  therefor  accompanied  by  a 
certificate  from  the  state  superintendent  that  the  condition  upon 
which  such  sum  is  appropriated  has  been  complied  with. 


Training  schools. 
1876,  No.  49,  }{  1,  2. 


TRAINING    SCHOOL    DEPARTMENT    OF    GRADED    SCHOOLS. 

Sec.  474.  A  graded  school  organized  in  accordance  with 
a  special  act  of  the  general  assembly,  and  situated  in  a  county 
in  which  there  is  no  normal  school,  may  establish,  in  connection 
with  such  graded  school,  a  training  school  department  for  the 
instruction  and  training  of  teachers.  The  state  superintendent 
shall  establish  two  courses  of  study  in  such  training  school, 
similar  to  those  of  normal  schools.  The  examining  board  for 
such  training  school  shall  be  composed  of  the  state  superin- 
tendent, the  principal  of  the  school  and  the  examiner  appointed 
for  the  normal  school  in  the  same  congressional  district.  Such 
board  shall  have  the  same  powers  and  be  liable  to  the  same 
duties  as  the  examining  board  of  a  normal  school. 


Chapter  29. 


TEACHERS'   CERTIFICATES. 


Section 

State  Certificates. 

475.  Certificates  of  graduation  from  nor- 

mal or  training  school,  effect  of. 

476.  Certificate,  how  renewed. 

CoiNTY   CbRTIFICATES. 

477.  County  examining  board,  how  con- 

stituted; return  of  names ;  clerk. 

478.  Board  to  be  paid  for  services  and 

expenses. 

479.  Examinations  to  be  held  on  applica- 

tion ;  notice. 

480.  Requirements  of  examination. 

481.  Qualification  for  admission  to. 

482.  Certificates  to  issue  to  those  passing 

examination. 

483.  Certificate,  how  renewed. 

484.  Duty  of  clerk  of  board. 

Toiv.v  Certificates. 

485.  Town  superintendents  to  meet  annu- 

ally. 
483.  Examination  questions   fixed  upon 
and  distributed. 


Section 
487    Examinations,  holding  of. 

488.  Certificates  to  be  granted,  when. 

489.  When  office  of  superintendent  vacant, 

who  to  grant  certificates. 

490.  Town  superintendent,  how  to  obtain 

certificate. 

491.  Certificates  how  long  of  force. 

492.  Names  of  persons  to  whom  certifi- 

cates given,  to  be  returned  to  state 
superintendent. 

General  Provisions. 

493.  Teachers  holding  certificates,  to  so 

inform  superintendent. 

494.  Teacher  to  obtain   certificate  before 

opening  school  or  contract  void. 

495.  District  may  recover  of  committee 

money  paid  to  teacher  without  cer- 
tificate. 

496.  Principals  of  graded  schools  do  not 

require  certificates. 

497.  498.  Certificates  may  be  revoked  by 

town  superintendent. 


STATE    CERTIFICATES. 

uoMfleffeec8t0off.pra,,ua'  Sec-  475'  A  certificate  of  graduation  from  the  lower 
No63? "'^'fse^N4'  course  of  a  normsu  school,  or  the  lower  course  of  a  training 
l/j  4. '  '    °'  school   department  of  a  graded  school,  shall  be  a  license  to 

teach  in  the  common  schools  of  the  state  for  five  years  from  the 
date  thereof;  and  a  certificate  of  graduation  from  the  higher 
course  of  such  normal  school  or  training  school  shall  be  a  license 
to  teach  in  the  common  schools  of  the  state  for  ten  years  from 
the  date  thereof. 


Chap.  29.]  COUNTY  CERTIFICATES.  137 

Sec.  476.     A  graduate  of  a  normal  school  or  training  school  ?ae"ew"1  of  certificate. 

«  °    i     i        i        i  i/»i  <•  i  •    i     18/6,  No.  oO.  $  1. 

department  ot  a  graded  school,  at  the  end  ot  the  term  tor  which 
such  graduate  was  licensed  to  teach,  may  be  admitted  to  an 
examination  in  the  second  course  of  study  in  said  normal  school 
or  training  school,  on  the  presentation  of  testimonials  showing 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  examining  board  that  such  graduate 
has  taught  successfully  for  twenty  weeks  during  each  year  of 
the  period,  or  for  an  equivalent  number  of  weeks  during  the 
whole  period  ;  and  on  passing  a  satisfactory  examination  in  said 
course  such  person  shall  receive  a  license  to  teach  for  ten  years 
in  the  common  schools  of  the  state. 

COUNTY    CERTIFICATES. 

Sec.  477.  The  town  superintendents  at  their  annual  county  Examining  board,  how 
meetings  shall  choose  by  ballot  one  of  their  own  number  and  1876,  No.  50,  $$  2^  8. 
two  practical  teachers  of  the  county,  to  constitute  an  examin- 
ing board  for  the  county.  And  the  secretary  of  said  meeting 
shall,  within  five  days  after  the  meeting,  make  a  return  to  the 
state  superintendent,  and  to  the  county  clerk,  of  the  names  of 
the  persons  so  elected.  The  town  superintendent  on  each 
board  shall  be  the  clerk  of  the  board. 

Sec.  478.  Members  of  the  county  examining  board  shall  Sfe.NofsoTa!' 
receive  three  dollars  a  day  for  each  day  spent  in  attending  and 
in  going  to  and  from  the  county  examination,  and  their  actual 
and  necessary  traveling  expenses  ;  and  the  clerk  of  the  board 
shall  receive  pay  for  necessary  advertising,  stationery  and 
postage. 

Sec.  479.  Such  board  shall  hold  a  public  examination  at  Examinations,  hoi.i. 
some  convenient  place  in  the  county,  for  two  days,  on  appli-  1876,  No.  50,  $  3. 
cation  of  five  persons  qualified  for  admission  to  such  examina- 
tion. Notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  holding  such  examination 
shall  be  published  in  all  the  newspapers  of  the  county  at  least 
two  weeks  prior  to  such  examination.  Two  such  examinations 
may  be  held  in  the  county  during  the  year  if  properly  applied 
for. 

Sec.  480.     Candidates  for  county  licenses  must  be  exam- Requirements  of  exam, 
ined  in  all  the  branches  required  by  law  to  be  taught  in  the  1876,  No.  50,  $  5. 
common  schools  of  the  state,  in  drawing,  and  in  methods  of 
teaching.     The  examination  shall  be  in  writing  in  not  less  than 
six  subjects. 

Sec.  481.  Candidates  for  admission  to  a  county  examina-  Qualifications  for  ad- 
tion  must  be  twenty  years  of  age,  if  men,  and  eighteen  years,  i876,  No.  50,  §  4. 
if  women,  must  bring  testimonials  from  the  town  superintend- 
ents who  granted  their  certificates  and  from  the  committee 
who  hired  them  showing  that  they  have  taught  successfully  in 
the  common  schools  of  the  state  for  at  least  ten  weeks  and 
approving  their  moral  character ;  or  it  shall  be  a  sufficient 
qualification  for  admission  to  such  examination  if  the  candidate 
holds  a  county  license  granted  in  another  county. 

Sec.  482.     Candidates  passing  a  satisfactory  examination  who  entitled  to  certm. 
shall  receive  a  license  to  teach  in  the  common  schools  of  the  1 876,  No.  50,  $  g. 
county  for  five  years. 


158 


TOWN  CERTIFICATES. 


[Title  10. 


Renewal  of  certificate 
1876,  No.  50,  {  7. 


Duty  of  clerk  of  board, 
1876,  No.  50,  $  8. 


Sec.  483.  The  holder  of  a  license  granted  by  a  county 
examining  board,  at  the  expiration  of  the  term  for  which  such 
license  was  granted,  upon  showing  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
examining  board  that  he  has  taught  satisfactorily  sixty  weeks 
during  the  term  of  such  license,  shall  be  qualified  for  admission 
to  a  regular  county  examination,  and  passing  it  satisfactorily 
shall  receive  a  county  license  for  a  further  term  of  five  years. 

Sec.  484.  The  clerk  of  the  examining  board  shall  keep  a 
record  of  examinations  held  by  the  board,  and  of  the  names, 
ages  and  residences  of  all  persons  by  them  licensed,  and  of  the 
questions  used  in  the  examination.  Such  record  shall  be  delivered 
by  each  clerk  to  his  successor  in  office,  and  shall  be  always 
open  for  the  inspection  of  citizens  of  the  county.  The  clerk 
shall,  within  five  da}^s  after  each  meeting  of  the  board,  file  in 
the  office  of  the  county  clerk  and  forward  to  the  state  superin- 
tendent, the  date  of  each  license  granted,  and  the  name,  age 
and  residence  of  each  person  licensed. 


Town  superintendents 
to  meet  annually. 

1S74,  No.  36,  $5  1,2; 
1870,  No.  12,  $  1. 


To  fix  examination 

questions. 

1874,  No.  36,  $$  1,2; 

1870,  No.  12,  $$  1,  3. 


Examinations. 

1870,  No.  12,  SS  2;  1866, 
No.  8;  G.  S.  22,  $$  13, 
14;  1859,  No.  31;  1858, 
No.  1,  $  3 ;  1845,  No. 
37,  §  12;  1833,  No.  19, 
J  1 ;  1828,  No.  17,  i  3 : 
1827,  No.  23,  $  3. 


Certificates,  when 
in-anted. 

G.  S.  22,  $  11 ;  1845, 
No.  37,  $4;  1833,  No, 
19,  i  1 ;  1828,  No.  17, 
§  3 ;  1827,  No.  23,  $  3, 
35VL623.  4lVt.353, 


When  office  of  superin- 
tendent vacant. 
1866,  No.  7. 


TOWN    CERTIFICATES. 

Sec.  485.  The  town  superintendents  in  each  county  shall 
meet  annually  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  April.  In  Bennington 
county  the  meeting  shall  be  held  in  the  town  house  at  Arling- 
ton, in  the  other  counties  at  the  county  court  house.  The 
superintendents  so  assembled  shall  choose  one  of  their  number 
to  preside  at  the  meeting,  and  a  secretary  who  shall  keep  a 
record  of  the  proceedings. 

Sec.  486.  Such  meeting  shall  decide  upon  a  set  of  ques- 
tions to  be  used  in  the  written  examination  of  teachers,  and 
shall  fix  the  standard  of  qualifications  of  teachers  for  the  ensuing 
year.  The  secretary  shall  have  printed,  at  the  expense  of  the 
state,  and  shall  distribute  to  each  town  superintendent  lists  of 
the  questions  so  decided  upon. 

Sec.  487.  Each  town  superintendent  shall  hold  two  public 
examinations  of  teachers  annually  in  the  months  of  April  or 
May,  and  October  or  November.  Said  examinations  shall  be 
held  on  the  same  day  throughout  the  county,  and  public  notice 
of  the  time  and  place  of  holding  the  same  shall  be  given  by 
each  superintendent.  No  examination  shall  be  held  at  any 
other  time  except  for  the  accommodation  of  teachers  prevented 
by  sickness  or  other  unavoidable  circumstance  from  attending 
the  regular  examination  ;  and  superintendents  shall  receive  fifty 
cents  from  each  person  applying  for  examination  at  any  other 
time  than  at  the  regular  public  examination. 

Sec.  488.  A  town  superintendent  may  grant  a  certificate 
of  qualification  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  the  town,  to  a 
person  who  passes  such  examination  satisfactorily,  provided  the 
superintendent  has  satisfactory  evidence  of  the  g'ood  moral 
character  of  such  person  and  of  his  capacity  for  the  government 
and  instruction  of  schools. 

Sec.  489.  In  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of  superintend- 
ent of  a  town,  the  superintendent  of  an  adjoining  town  may 


Chap.  29.]  GENERAL  PROVISIONS.  159 

examine,  and  finding  them  satisfactorily  qualified  may  grant 
certificates  to  persons  desiring  to  teach  in  the  first  mentioned 
town. 

Sec.  490.     A  town  superintendent  desiring  to  teach  in  the  Town  superintendent, 
town  where  he  resides,  may  apply  to  the  superintendent  of  an  Cate.  °° 
adjoining  town,  who  shall  examine  him,  and  finding  him  satis-  ^0Sg22'  * 12;  1860' 
factorily  qualified    shall   grant    him  a  certificate,  which    shall 
authorize  such  applicant  to  teach  in  the  town  where  he  resides. 

Sec.  491.  All  certificates  granted  by  town  superintendents  certificates,  how  long 
shall  be  good  until  the  first  day  of  June  in  the  calendar  year  i878°,rNo.  120 ;  1870, 
following  the  year  in  which  they  were  granted.  No.  12, J  2;  G.  s.  22, 

0  J  J  n  $  11 ;  184o,  No.  37,  §  4. 

Sec.  492.     Town    superintendents  shall,  on  or  before   the  Return  to  state  superin- 
first  day  of  February  in  each  year,  lodge   in  the  town  clerk's  gu^sB, 4 is ;  isoo, 
office  and  forward  to  the  state  superintendent  a  list  of  the  names  No.  42,  $  1. 
of  persons  to  whom  they  have  granted  certificates  during  the 
preceding  year,  and  the  date  of  each  certificate. 

GENERAL    PROVISIONS. 

Sec.  493.    Every  teacher  holding  a  county  or  state  certificate  Teacher  holding 
shall  notify  the  superintendent  of  the  town  in  which  he  is  to  superinatende°nt.0    y 
teach  that  he  holds  such  certificate  before  commencing  his  school,  18'8,  No>  117,  $  2> 
and  shall  submit  the  same  to  the  inspection  of  such  superintend- 
ent when  it  is  called  for. 

Sec.  494.     Every  teacher  of  a  district  school,  except  prin-  unless  teacher  hascer- 

,  p  -.     1  i  .  ,         ,  1     11       1  .    •  i'ii  tiflcate,  contract  void. 

cipals  of  graded  and  union  schools,  shall  obtain  a  certificate  1874,  No.  37,  {  1 ;  G. 
before  he  opens  such  school :  and  contracts  for  teaching  between  *>.■  ^iU1:6^'  }2£!> 

i-i  •  o  iiT-  ?  ii  No.  3/,  oj  4,8;  1S33, 

the  prudential  committee  01  a  school  district  and  a  school  No.  ii), }  l;  1827,  No. 
teacher  shall  be  void  if  such  teacher  does  not  obtain  a  certificate  i^'y^3'^  29  Vt  433 
before  opening  school.  20  vt'495.  3ovt!o86.' 

1  ^  26  Vt.  115.  34Vt.270. 

27Vt.28l.  41  Vt.  353. 
28  Vt.  575.   46  Vt.  4.52. 

Sec.  495.     If  a  prudential  committee  of  a  school  district  committee  liable  to  dis- 
pays  out  moneys  of  the  district  to  a  teacher  employed  therein  teaWr*  whenf  pai 
who  has  not  the  certificate  required  by  law,  such  committee  n'o.S39      *  59'  18°9' 
shall  be  liable  to  such  district  for  moneys  so  paid,  to  be  recovered 
in  an  action  on  the  case  ;  and  the  town  agent  of  the  town  shall 
prosecute  such  actions  to  effect  at  the  expense  and  in  the  name 
and  for  the  benefit  of  such  district. 

Sec.  496.     Principals  of  graded  and   union  schools  shall  Ex.cePtlo.n  in  case  of 

-,  ~     .,,  -.  ,       principals. 

not  be  required  to  procure  a  certificate,  and  contracts  for  teach-  1874,  No.  37,  f  1. 
ing  made  between  the  trustees  of  a  graded  school  district  or 
prudential  committee  of  a  union  school  district  and  their  prin- 
cipal teacher,  shall  be  valid  without  such  certificate. 

Sec.  497.     When,  upon  personal  examination  of  schools,  a  Town  certificate  may 
town  superintendent  becomes  satisfied  that  a  teacher  holding  a  i865*,TNo.  27 ;  G.  s.  22, 
town  certificate  is  incompetent  to  teach  or  govern  his  school,  §  165  1858,  No.  l,  §  4. 
or  is  setting  an  evil  example  before  it,  the  superintendent  may 
revoke  such  certificate  by  filing  in  the  town  clerk's  office  a 
written  revocation,  giving  the  reasons  therefor,  and  by  deliver- 
ing a  copy  thereof  to  the  prudential  committee  and  to  the 
teacher.     The  certificate  thus  revoked  shall  be  thereafter  void  ; 


1G0 


ORGANIZATION  OF  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS.     [Title  10. 


Also  state  and  county 

certificates, 

1876,  No.  50,  $  10. 


and  tho  teacher's  contract  with  the  school  district  shall  become 
'void  therefrom,  and  the  prudential  committee  shall  not  pay 
such  teacher  for  services  thereafter  performed  unless  by  vote 
of  the  district. 

Sec.  498.  A  town  superintendent  may,  for  any  cause  for 
which  he  may  revoke  a  town  certificate,  annul  for  his  term  of 
office  and  the  town  of  his  residence  only,  the  effect  of  a  county 
or  state  certificate  and  by  the  same  proceedings  and  with  the 
same  effect. 


Chapter-  30. 

ORGANIZATION,  OFFICERS  AND   MEETINGS  OF    SCHOOL   DIS- 
TRICTS. 


Section 

499.  Towns  to  be  divided  into  school  dis- 

tricts. 

500.  Districts  to  be  numbered;  descrip- 

tion, &c,  to  be  recorded. 

501.  502.  Districts  may  be  formed  of  parts 

of  different  towns ;  which  town  to 
determine  text-books. 

503.  Districts  in    organized    towns,  how 

organized. 

504.  In  unorganized  towns  and  gores. 

505.  Inhabitants  of  one  town  may  be  set 

to  district  in  another ;  their  rights 

and  liabilities. 
Districts  formed  under  previous  laws 

to  retain  powers. 
School  district  to  be  corporation. 
Officers  and  term  of  office. 

509.  Prudential  committee,  how  may  l>e 

cbosen. 

510.  Town  collector  may  be  elected  dis- 

trict collector. 


506. 


507. 
508. 


Section 

511.  Collector  to  give  bonds. 

512.  If  he  fails  to,  office  vacant. 

513.  Moderator's    duty ;     moderator  pro 

tempore. 

514.  Duties  of  treasurer  and  auditor. 

515.  Duty  of  prudential  committee. 

516.  Committee  in  clerk's  absence  to  exer- 

cise his  duties. 

517.  Clerk's  duties. 

518.  Vacancies  in  offices  how  filled. 

519.  Meetings,  when  held;  by  whom  no- 

tified. 

520.  Penalty  for  neglect  to  notify  meet- 

ing. 

521.  Requirements  of  notice. 

522.  "Meeting"  deemed  to  denote  meet- 

ing legally  warned. 

523.  Voters  in  district  meeting,  who  are ; 

right  to  vote,  how  determined. 

524.  Women  may  vote  and  hold  office. 


Division  of  towns  into  Sec.  499.  When  the  inhabitants  of  a  town  can  not  be 
g.  s.  22*  $  20;  it.  s.  conveniently  accommodated  in  one  district,  such  town  shall,  at 
s82?r!  1797,' pN49323$'  a  meetmg  warned  for  the  purpose,  divide  the  town  into  several 
\-,  k.  1787, p.  136, $'i.  districts  and  determine  their  limits. 

8  Vt.  402.    25  Vt  311. 
10Vt.480.   33Vt.219. 

Districts  to  be  num.  Sec.  500.     The  districts  so  formed  shall  be  numbered  from 

Gers.,22C,*j  21;  r.  s.  number  one  upwards,  and  shall  be  designated  by  the  name  of 
is,  $  3;  1827,  No.  23,  their  respective  numbers  ;  and  their  numbers  and  descriptions, 

and  alterations  made  therein,  shall  be  recorded  in  the  office  of 

the  town  clerk. 

Sec.  501.     Any  number  of  inhabitants  of  adjoining  towns 

may  by  a  concurrent  vote  of  such  towns  form  the  territory 

occupied  by  such  inhabitants  into  one  school  district.     A  dis- 
No/237/8;' 1808,' p.  trict  so  formed  shall,  for  purposes  of  visitation,  returns,  and 

the   examination  of  school  teachers   and  for  the  adoption  of 

text-books,  be  held  to  belong  to  the  county  and  town  in  which 

the  school-house  is  situated. 

Sec.  502.     AVhenever  it  shall  occur  that  the  school-house 

is  located  partly  in  each  town  from  which  a  fractional  district 


District  lying  in  two 
towns. 

G.  S.  22,  $$24,25; 
1845,  No. 37,  $6; 
R.  S.  18,  $5;  1827, 

54,  $  1. 
34  Vt.  156 


Which  town  to  select 
text-books,  Ac. 

1880,  No.  95,  $  2. 


Chap.  30.]  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OFFICERS.  161 

is  composed,  the  town  furnishing  the  greater  number  of  schol- 
ars in  said  district  shall  have  the  precedence  to  select  text- 
books and  to  examine  teachers. 

Sec.  503.     When  it  is  necessary  to  organize  a  school  dis-  Districts,  how  organ- 
trict,  three  or  more  voters  of  such  proposed  district  may  apply  q*%  22,  $§  22, 24;  r. 
in  writing  to  the  selectmen  of  the  town  in  which  such  district  s.  18,  $§  4, 5;  1827, 
is  located,   or,  if  the  district  contains  parts  of  two  or  more  p.<i&4/fi ;  r.  1797, ^ 
towns,  to  the  selectmen  of  either  town;  and  the  selectmen  j^.  §  «;  ft-  1787,  p. 
shall  call  a  meeting  in   such  district  by  posting  up  a  notice  11  vt.  607. 
thereof,  specifying  the  time  and  place  and  the  business  of  the 
meeting,  in  one  or  more  of  the  most  public  places  in  such  dis- 
trict at  least  seven  days  before  the  time  therein  specified.     One 
of  the  selectmen  shall  preside  in  the  meeting  until  a  moderator 
and  clerk  are  chosen,  when  the   district  shall  be  held  to  be 
organized. 

Sec.  504.     The  selectmen  of  a  town,  on  the  application  of  organization,  in  gore* 

.,  .  j.    .     .  .       ,  /*  and  unorganized  towns. 

three  or  more  voters  in  an  adjoining  unorganized  town  or  gore,  g.  s.  22,  $  23;  1845, 

may  organize,  in  the  manner  provided  in  the  preceding  section,  No-35- 

as  many  school  districts  as  are  required  in  such  unorganized 

town  or  gore,  and  may  define  their  limits  and  number  them 

from  number  one  upwards  ;  and  the  selectmen  shall  he  paid  a 

reasonable  compensation  for  their  services  by  the  petitioners. 

Sec.  505.  A  town,  by  vote  in  town  meeting,  may  set  setting  persons  to  ad. 
persons  residing  in  the  town  to  a  school  district  in  an  adjoin-  G\lnsln22?"$n27,&28 ; 
ing  town  or  gore,  if  such  district,  by  vote,  consents  to  receive  ]o4'5r'fiNo,J,47;  S"  s™ 
them  ;  and  persons  so  united  to  a  school  district  shall  have  the  $  8;  1826,  No.  42. 
same  rights  and  be  subject  to  the  same  liabilities  as  the  other  jo^;4^  34vt'i56- 
inhabitants  of  the  district,  and  as  to  taxation  for  school  pur- 21  vt.  402!  37Vt.i96. 
poses  shall  be  treated  as  belonging  to  such  district.  25  Vt.  311.41  vt.  3i<. 

Sec.  506.     A  school  district  organized  according  to  pre-  Districts  formed  under 
vious  laws  shall  remain  a  legal  school  district,  subject  to  the  G.es.022,  *56;  r.  s. 
provisions  of  this  title.  18>  § 24- 

Sec.  507.     When  a  school  district  is  organized  it  shall  be  District  to  be  corpora- 
a  body  politic  and  corporate,  with  the  powers  of  a  corporation  g° s.  22, 5$  29, 31 ;  r. 
for  maintaining  schools  in  such  district,  and  by  its  corporate  N'01893^Yi58;  1827, 
name  may  sue  and  be  sued,  and  may  take,  hold  and  convey 
personal  and  real  estate. 

SCHOOL    DISTRICT    OFFICERS    AND    THEIR    DUTIES. 

Sec.  508.     Each  school  district  shall  elect  at  its  organiza-  officers, 
tion,  and  at  each  annual  meeting  thereafter,  a  moderator,  clerk,  l!^,1^  ^Fno22' 
collector  of  taxes,  treasurer,  one  or  three  auditors,  and  a  pru-  «i  1854,' No.  42 ;  r. 
dential   committee  .consisting  of  one  or  three  voters  in  such  2V8i8279,yo.323,*5°7; 
district;    and   the    member   of    a   prudential    committee   first  l®>9,  p.  96,$  1 ;  R. 
elected  shall  be  the  chairman  thereof.     The  term  of  office  of  1787',  p!  136!     '    ' 
such  officers  shall  commence  at  the  time  of  their  election  and  ii  X*- ^i8,-  XXMIS- 

,.  M    .,      .  ,  Al  Vt.  4o7.    0.6  Vt.  7o9. 

continue  until  their  successors  are  chosen.  20  vt.  495. 

Sec.  509.     A  school  district  not  otherwise  directed  by  a  committee,  how  chos- 
special  act  of  incorporation,  may,  at  an  annual  meeting,  elect  a  1876,  No,  47,  $  1 ;  186S, 
prudential  committee  of  three  persons,  or,  in  the  case  of  a  union  No*  33>  §$  2> 3- 
or  graded  school  district,  of  three,  six  or  nine  persons,  one- 

trj'fllVBRSITTJ 


162  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OFFICERS.  [Title  10. 

third  of  which  number  shall  be  chosen  for  one  year,  one-third 
for  two  years,  and  one-third  for  three  years,  and  upon  the  ex- 
piration of  the  term  of  office  of  any  member  of  such  committee, 
may  elect  his  successor  for  a  term  of  three  years  ;  and  may  at 
an  annual  meeting  till  a  vacancy  occurring  in  such  board. 
Town  collector  may  be      Sec.  510.     A"  school  district  may  elect  the  collector  .of  town 
asl^TsaTisei,    taxes,  although  he  is  not  an  inhabitant  of  the  district,  to  be 
No.  12. '  collector  of  school  district  taxes,  if  he  will  accept  the  office  ; 

and  the  town  collector  so  elected  and  accepting,  shall  possess 
the  powers  and  be  subject  to  the  duties  imposed  by  law  upon 
school  district  collectors, 
collector's  bond.  Sec.  511.     Collectors  of  taxes   in  school  districts,   before 

No°if°'i8;  I867'     entering  upon  their  duties,  shall,  if  required  by  vote  of  the  dis- 
trict or  by  the  prudential  committee,  give  bonds  to  the  district 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties,  in  such  sum  as  may 
be  required. 
ius  office,  how  vacated.      Sec.  512.     If  a  collector  neglects  for  ten  days  to  give  bonds, 
No°iM  2.8;  186?'      or  refuses,  upon  the  request  of  the  prudential  committee,  to 

perform  the  duties  of  his  office,  the  office  shall  be  vacant. 
Moderator.  Sec.  513:     The  moderator  shall  preside  at  school  district 

434'  1852 'no^'w  •'  meetings.  In  case  of  his  absence  from  a  meeting  a  moderator 
k.  8. 18, 69;  1827,    '  may  be  chosen  to  preside  at  such  meeting. 

No.  23,  $  7. 

Treasurer ;  auditors.  Sec.  514.  The  duties  of  school  district  treasurers  and 
m!2^°*18M,<No.'42,  auditors  shall  be  like  those  of  town  treasurers  and  town 
I  L  auditors. 

Prudential  committee.  Sec.  515.  The  prudential  committee  shall  keep  each  school- 
&839;  R?s*7iMli;  house  in  their  district  in  good  order,  and  if  there  is  no  school- 
i827!_No. 23, J7 ;  house  shall  provide  a  suitable  place  for  each  school;  shall  see 
r'  1787^  p!  13ft!  '  that  fuel  and  furniture  and  all  appendages  and  things  necessary 
24Vt-528  37VL62i'^or  tne  scno°l  5U*e  provided;  shall  appoint  and  agree  with  a 
30  vt.  155.'  38  vt  529.  teacher  to  instruct  the  school,  and  remove  him  when  necessary  ; 
33  Vt-77-  and  adopt  requisite  measures,  not  in  conflict  with  those  of  the 

town  superintendent,  for  the  inspection,  examination,  regula- 
tion and  improvement  of  the  school. 
to  perform  clerk's  Sec.  516.     In  the  absence  or  disability  of  a  school  district 

G.  8. 22,  $36;  1846,  clerk  the  prudential  committee  shall  discharge  the  duties  of 
No.  6.  clerkt 

cierk.  Sec.  517.     School  district  clerks  shall,  within  ten  days  after 

No639^°G5|;.227t 37;  their  election  or  appointment,  give  notice  thereof  and  of  the 
1856,  No.  37,  $  i ;  R.   number  of  their  district  to  their  respective  town  clerks,  and  if 
23,  $7;      '       '    °'  they  fail  to  do  so,  shall  receive  no  compensation  for  their  ser- 
vices.    They  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  votes  and  proceedings 
of  school  district  meetings  and  certify  the  same  when  required  ; 
and  if  they,  or  the  prudential  committee  acting  in  their  place, 
wilfully  neglect  to  do  so,  they  shall  forfeit  twenty  dollars  to 
the  district,  to  be  recovered  in  an  action  on  this  statute. 
Fining  vacancies  in  SEC<  518.     When  a  vacancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  clerk, 

offices.  **  - 

1868,  No.  36;  G.  s.     collector  of  taxes,  treasurer  or  prudential  committee  of  a  school 

n vtlls^Yuno  (li*trict>  the  selectmen  of  the  town  in  which  a  plurality  of  the 

2;  vt.  003.   "  '  inhabitants  of  such  district  reside  shall  fill  such  vacancy  until 

a  new  election  is  made,  by  the  appointment  of  a  resident  of 


Chap.  31.]  SCHOOL  MEETINGS —VOTERS.  163 

such  district ;  and  the  district  at  a  special  meeting  may  make  a 
new  election. 

SCHOOL    DISTRICT    MEETINGS    AND    VOTERS    THEREIN. 

Sec.  519.     The  annual  school  meeting  shall  be  held  in  each  Meetings, 
district  on  the  last  Tuesday  in  March,  and  shall  be  notified  by  j^gf •  N^ii^'isll 
the  school  district  clerk,  or,  in  case  of  his  absence  or  neglect,  No.  2;  i850.No.  40; 
by  one  of  the  prudential  committee.      Special  meetings  shall  be  No>  23,  \  7-  r  1797, 
appointed  and  notitied  in  the  same  manner,  on  application  m  Fa4?|' $3;  1795'  p* 
writing  by  three  or  more  voters  of  the  district.  2o'vt.487.  23Vt.4i6. 

Sec.  520.     If  a  person,  whose  duty  it  is  to  warn  a  school  Penalty  for  neglect  to 
district  meeting,  neglects  so  to  do  for  ten  days  after  application  g.  s'22,  5  58;  r.  s. 
made  as  prescribed  by  law,  he   shall  forfeit,  for  the   use  of  $  *26 '  1809>  p-  %' 
schools  in  such  district,  twenty  dollars  for  each  ten  days'  neg-  46  vt.  90. 
lect,  to  be  recovered  in  an  action  in  the  name  of  the  district. 

Sec.  521.     Xotices  for   school    district    meetings   shall  be  warning, 
posted  up  in  one  or  more  of  the  most  public  places  in  the  dis-  §of 28^E.  8.'lM  12'* 
trict  at  least  seven  and  not  more  than  twelve  days  before  the  1827,  No  23, J  7;  R. 
time  appointed  for  such  meeting,  and  shall  specify  the  time  and  1787'  £'  136;  *    ' 
place  of  holding  the  same,  and  the  business  to  be  transacted  or  l4  vt-300.  fav'.ln-* 
questions  to  be  considered  at  such  meeting.  i7Vt!337.  48Vt!s99! 

22  Vt.  309. 

Sec.  522.     The  word  "  meeting  "  as  applied  to  school  dis-  "Meeting"  construed, 
trict  meetings  wherever  used  in  this  title,  shall  mean  a  school 
district  meeting  notified  as  provided  in  the  preceding  section. 

Sec.  523.    Persons  residing:  in  a  school  district  and  qualified  voters,  who  are;  how 

fletorni  i  iitM  1. 

to  vote  in  town  meeting,  shall  be  voters  in  school   district  i870,  No  17;  1868,  No. 
meetings;  and  if  a  person  offering  to  vote   is  challenged,  the  |9;18G\  ^^V^Nof' 
moderator  at  such  meeting,  the  clerk  and  the  members  of  the  23,  $7. 
prudential  committee  piesent  shall  decide  as  to  his  right  to35Vt'632, 
vote. 

Sec.  524.     "Women   shall  have  the  same  right  to  vote  as  Bight  of  women, 
men  have  in  all  school  district  meetings,  and  in  the  election  of  1880>No- 103- 
school  commissioners  in  towns  and  cities,  and  the  same  right 
to  hold  offices  relating  to  school  affairs. 


Chapter  31. 

SCHOOL-HOUSES. 


Sectiox  J  Skction* 

525.  District   may  vote  tax    to    provide  !    535.  Time  given  owner  to  remove  build- 
school-hoiise.  ings,  fences,  &c. 


526.  Site,  how  determined, 

527.  Application  to  selectmen  to  fix  pite. 

528.  Selectmen  to  hear  parties  and  fix  site. 

529.  Application  to  selectmen  when  dis- 

trict fails  to  provide  school-house. 

530.  Selectmen  to  hear  parties  and  make 

order. 

531.  Proceedings    when  district   fails   to 

obey  order. 

532.  Proceedings  to  be  recorded;  record 

to  be  evidence. 
53.3.  Proceedings  when  selectmen  cannot 

agree  on  site. 
534.  Proceedings  when  owner  refuses  to 

convey  land  chosen. 


536.  Selectmen's  doings  to  be  recorded. 

537.  Question  of  damages  may  be  refer- 

red. 

538.  Petition   to  county  court ;    appoint- 

ment of  commission. 

539.  Notice  of  hearing ;  power  of  court  on 

report. 

540.  Opening  of  lands  stayed ;  execution 

for  damages. 

541.  Proceedings  if  lands  mortgaged. 

542.  Title  to  vest  after  damages  paid. 

543.  District   may    elect    building    com- 

mittee. 

544.  District  may  sell  school-house. 


104 


SCHOOL-HOUSES. 


[Title  10. 


Tax  to  provide  school- 
house. 

1S.0,  No.  16;  G.  S. 
22,  V\43;R.S.18,  $13; 
1827,  No  23.  $  10 ;  R. 
1797,  p.  495,5  3;  1795, 
p.  9;  R.  1787,  p.  137. 
Site,  how  fixed. 
G.  8.  22,  *  44;  R.  8 
18,  4  14;  1827,  No.  23, 
$$  10,  14. 


Application  to  select- 
men. 

1876,  No.  40,  {  1. 


Duty  of  selectmen. 

1876,  No.  40,  §{  2,  3. 


Application  when  dis- 
trict fails  to  provide 
school-house. 

1864,  No.  GO,  $  1. 


Hearing  and  order. 

1864,  No  60,  J  2. 


When  district  fails  to 
obey  order. 
1864,  No.  60,  $  3. 


Proceedings  recorded ; 

evidence. 

1864,  No.  60,  §  4. 


Sec.  525.  A  school  district  may,  in  a  district  meeting, 
assess  a  tax  on  the  district  list  to  erect,  repair  or  furnish  a 
school-house,  or  to  purchase  or  hire  a  building  to  be  used  as  a 
school-house,  and  the  lands  necessary  thereto. 

Sec.  526.  At  such  meeting  the  district  may,  by  a  vote  of 
two-thirds  of  the  voters  present,  determine  in  what  place  in  the 
district  the  school-house  shall  be  located.  If  two-thirds  fail  to 
agree  upon  such  location,  the  selectmen  of  the  town  or  towns 
in  which  such  district  is  situated  may,  upon  application  of  the 
prudential  committee,  determine  such  location. 

Sec.  527.  If  the  prudential  committee  neglect  for  five  days 
so  to  apply  to  the  selectmen,  three  voters  of  the  district  m«y 
apply  in  writing  to  such  selectmen,  stating  the  neglect  of  the 
prudential  committee  and  petitioning  the  selectmen  to  fix  upon 
a  location. 

Sec.  528.  The  selectmen  so  applied  to  shall  forthwith  give 
notice  of  a  hearing  in  the  same  manner  as  school  district  meet- 
ings are  required  to  be  notified,  and  shall  hear  the  petitioners 
and  persons  interested,  and  if  the  failure  of  the  district  to 
determine  a  location,  and  of  the  prudential  committee  to  apply 
within  the  limited  time,  appears  at  such  hearing,  the  selectmen 
so  applied  to  shall  determine  such  location,  and  shall  make 
return  of  the  application  and  their  doings  thereon  to  the  district 
clerk  who  shall  record  the  same. 

Sec.  529.  If  a  school  district  neglects  for  two  years  to 
provide  a  suitable  school-house,  application  may  be  made  by 
three  voters  of  the  district  to  the  selectmen  of  the  town  or  towns 
in  which  such  district  is  situated,  and  such  selectmen  shall 
appoint  a  time  and  place  for  hearing  the  applicants  and  persons 
interested,  and  shall  cause  such  applicants  to  give  notice  to 
such  school  district  of  such  application  and  of  the  time  and  place 
of  hearing,  which  notice  shall  be  served  upon  the  district  like  a 
writ  of  summons  at  least  twenty  days  before  the  time  appointed 
for  such  hearing. 

Sec.  530.  If  it  appears  at  the  hearing  that  the  district  is 
guilty  of  neglect  as  charged,  and  that  the  interests  of  education 
in  the  district  so  require,  the  selectmen  shall  order  the  district 
to  provide  a  school-house,  which  order  shall  be  served  on  the 
district  like  ordinary  process  in  civil  causes. 

Sec.  531.  If  the  district  neglects  for  six  months  after  such 
service  to  provide  a  suitable  school-house  or  to  raise  money 
therefor,  the  selectmen  who  made  the  order  may  provide  such 
school-house  and  may  assess  a  tax  upon  the  district  and  make  a 
rate  bill  for  the  amount  required  therefor  ;  and  said  tax  shall  be 
collected  by  the  town  collector  of  the  town  in  which  the  school- 
house  is  located,  in  the  same  maimer  as  town  taxes  are  collected, 
and  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  selectmen  and  be  used  by  them  in 
providing  a  school-house. 

Sec.  532.  The  proceedings  under  the  three  preceding 
sections  shall  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  town 
in  which  the  school-house  is  located,  and  copies  of  such  record 


Chap.  31.]  TAKING  LAND  FOR  SCHOOLS.  165 

certified  by  the  clerk,  with  whom  they  were  recorded,  shall  be 
evidence  in  the  courts. 

Sec.  533.  When  it  devolves  upon  the  selectmen  to  locate  when  selectmen  can  not 
or  build  a  school-house,  if  a  majority  of  such  selectmen  can  not  i87<Tno  40,  $$  4, 5. 
agree  upon  a  location  therefor,  they  shall  forthwith  make  a 
return  of  the  application  made  to  them  and  their  failure  to 
agree  to  the  district  clerk,  who  shall  make  a  record  of  the  same. 
In  such  case  three  or  more  voters  of  the  district  may  apply  in 
writing  to  an  assistant  judge  of  the  county  court  of  the  county 
in  which  the  greatest  number  of  voters  in  the  district  resides, 
to  determine  the  location  of  such  school-house  ;  and  such  judge 
shall  give  notice  of  a  hearing,  hear,  determine  the  matter,  and 
make  return  of  his  proceedings,  and  such  proceedings  shall  be 
recorded,  as  provided  in  case  of  the  location  of  a  school-house 
by  selectmen  ;  and  the  assistant  judge  shall  for  his  services  be 
paid  by  the  district  three  dollars  a  day  and  his  expenses. 

TAKING  LANDS  FOR  SCHOOL  PURPOSES. 

Sec.  534.     When  a  school-house  is  located,  and  lands  for  when  owner  refuses  to 
such  school-house  and  yards  are  needed,  or  when  a  district  or  i878?yNo.  112,  »*2,  3; 
town  votes  to  purchase  additional  land  for  school  purposes,  if  £-S-£2,  $  M4,  ™?j 
the  owner  of  such  lands  refuses  to  convey  the  same  to  the  dis-  No.  33;  mi,  No.  W, 
trict  or  town  for  a  reasonable  price,  the  selectmen  of  the  town  | l-     2_. 
or  towns  in  which  the  district  is  situated,  on  the  application  of 
the  prudential  committee  in  the  case  of  common  or  union  school 
districts,  and  without  such  application  in  the  case  of  high  or 
central  school  districts  shall  locate  and  set  out  the  necessary 
lands,  and  cause  the  same  to  be  surveyed  ;  and  shall  appoint  a 
time  and  place  for  a  hearing  and  give  notice  thereof  to  persons 
interested  in  the  land  to  be  taken,  either  personally  or  by  writ- 
ten notice  left  at  the  residence  of  the  owner  or  occupant  of  such 
land ;  and  at  such  hearing  shall  ascertain  the  damages  sustained 
by  such  interested  persons  ;  and  the  damages  assessed  shall  be 
paid  or  tendered  to  such  persons  before  taking  possession  of  the 
land. 

Sec.  535.     When  the  selectmen  decide  to  take  land,  they  Remorai  of  bunding, 
shall,  in  their  order  for  that  purpose,  fix  a  time  and  notify  the  fgjs,  No.  112,  $j  4,  5. 
owner  or  occupant  thereof,  within  which  he  will  be  required  to  43Yt.  3GJ. 
remove  his  buildings,  fences,  timber,  wood,   trees  and    wall, 
which,  in  case  of  enclosed  or  improved  land  shall  not,  without 
the  consent  of  the  owner,  be  less  than  three  months,  nor  until 
the  compensation  for  damages  to  such  land,  is  tendered  or  paid  ; 
and  if  they  are  not  removed  within  that  time,  the  selectmen 
shall  remove  them,  in  the  case  of  a  high  or  central  school  dis- 
trict, at  the  expense  of  the  town,  or  in  case  of  a  union  or  com- 
mon school  district,  at  the  expense  of  said  district. 

Sec.  536.     All  orders  and  proceedings  of  the    selectmen  Proceedings  to  be  re. 
under  the  provisions  of  the  two  preceding    sections,  with  the  i^No.  112, 6  6;  G. 
survey  of  the  land  taken,  shall  be  recorded  in  the  town  clerk's  s.  22,  §  ii4;  isco.W 
office  of  the  town  in  which  the  land  lies.  \'J1'  1857'  Na  58'  5 

Sec.  537.     If  the  owner  of  such  land  does  not  accept  the  Question  of  damages, 
damages  awarded  by  the  selectmen,  the  prudential  committee  as^ffTiG';  loco, 


1GG  TAKING  LAND  — SCHOOL-HOUSE.         [Title  10. 

No.  3,  $  3;  1857,  No.  of  the  district  may  agree  with  him  to  refer  the  question  of  dam- 
58>  $  3-  ages  to  one  or  more  disinterested  persons,  whose  award  shall 

be  made  in  writing1  and  shall  be  final, 
petition  to  county  Sec.  538.     If  a  person  interested  in  such  land  is  dissatisfied 

g.  8.22,  $  117;  i860,   with,  such  location,  or  with  the  damages  awarded  by  the  select- 
No-  M  *•  1857,  No.  meil)  he  may  apply  by  petition  to  the  county  court  at  its  next 
stated  term,  if  there  is  sufficient  time  for  notice,  and  if  not,  to 
the  succeeding  term,  and  any  number  of  persons  aggrieved  may 
join  in  the  petition.    The  petition,  with  a  citation,  shall  be  served 
on  one  or  more  of  the  prudential  committee  of  the  school  dis- 
trict, at  least  twelve  days  before  the  session  of  the  court,  and 
the  court  shall  appoint  three  disinterested  commissioners  to 
inquire  into  the  convenience  and  necessity  of  such  school-house, 
and  the  manner  of  its  location,  and  of  the  necessity  of  such 
lands,  and  the  amount  required,  and  the  damages  sustained  by 
the  persons  interested  therein. 
Notice  of  hearing;  re-      SEC.  539.     The  commissioners  shall  give  six  days'  notice  to 
g.  8.  22,  s  118;  1860,  one  or  more  of  the  prudential  committee  of  the  school  district, 
58?  $  5.  '    °'  of  the  time  and  place  of  making  such  inquiry,  and  hearing  the 

parties ;  and  on  the  report  of  the  commissioners  the  court  may 
establish  or  set  aside  such  location,  or  such  parts  thereof  as 
appears  just,  and  may  render  judgment  for  the  petitioner  to 
recover  against  the  school  district  such  damages  as  appear  to  be 
just,  and  may  tax  costs  as  seems  just  for  either  party, 
-opening  of  lands  Sec.  540.     When  such  application  is  made  to  the  county 

stayed ;  execution  for  .  .  „     .  rr  ,■,,-,  ,  ,J 

damages.  court  the  opening  of  the  land  surveyed  and  laid  out  by  the 

No.  8,  $  I;  1857,  No!  selectmen  shall  be  stayed  until  the  decision  of  the  court;  and 
58»  §  6-  the  court  may  fix  the  time  for  opening  the  same  and  the  pay- 

ment of  damages,  and  if  the  damages  are  not  paid  within  the 
time  limited  the  court  may  award  execution  for  the  same, 
when  lands  mortgaged.      Sec.  541.     If  lands  so  required  by  a  school  district  are 
No.  io.  encumbered  by  mortgage,  the  school  district  shall  cause  the 

same  notice  to  be  given  to  the  mortgagee,  or  the  assignee  of 
the  mortgage,  required  to  be  given  to  the  owner;  and  the 
damage  agreed  upon,  or  otherwise  determined,  as  specified  in 
this  chapter,  shall  be  paid  to  the  mortgagee  or  his  assignee  : 
but  if  the  sum  due  on  the  mortgage  is  less  than  the  damage, 
the  amount  due  on  the  mortgage  shall  be  paid  to  the  holder, 
and  the  balance  to  the  owner. 

OS.^rflSTiMl,      Sec>  542,     When  the  damages  finally  awarded  for  lands  so 
No.  io. '  '  taken    by  a   school  district   are  paid  to  the  persons  entitled 

thereto,  a  valid  title  to  such  lands  shall  vest  in  the  district  or 

town  for  the  purposes  aforesaid. 

[BUILDING   COMMITTEE — SALE    OF    SCHOOL-HOUSE.] 

Bunding  committee.  g  Sec.  543.  A  school  district  may  elect  a  committee  to 
1M  14;  1827,  No.  23,  superintend  the  building,  repairing  or  purchasing  of  a  school- 
house  and  procuring  the  necessary  furniture  and  utensils. 
i8l^NoCh960,;uU8e"  Sec-  644'  A  sch°o1  district  may  at  a  meeting  legally 
warned  and  holden  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  voters  present 
at  the  meeting,  and  a  majority  of  the  grand  list  of  said  district, 
sell  and  dispose  of  its  school-house  and  the  land  connected 
therewith. 


Chap.  32.]      ALTERATIONS  IN  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS.  167 

Chapter  32. 

ALTERATIONS   IN  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS. 

Section  :  Section 

545.  Towns  may  alter  districts.  .    552.  Judges  may  set  school-house  to  dis- 

546,  547.  Fractional    districts,    how    dis-  j  trict  where  situated. 

solved.  553.  If  assessment  not  paid  district  may 

548.  Parts  after  separation  to  he  districts.  l>e  sued 

549.  Parts  not  agreeing  on    division    of      554.  Judge,  when  disqualified. 

property,  judges  to  he  applied  to.        555.  Judges'  return  to  he  recorded. 

550.  Judges  to  notify   hearing,  hear  and      556.  Compensation  of  judges. 

determine  matter.  557.  Debts  due  to  and  from  district,  not 

551.  Judges  may  sell  property  not  divisi-  I  affected  by  alteration. 

ble. 

Sec.  545.  A  town  ma}%  by  vote  in  town  meeting,  divide,  Town*  may  alter  dis- 
unite, or  otherwise  altar  school  districts  therein  situated.  But  i878"*No  114;  G.  s. 
there  shall  be  no  alteration  in  school  districts  unless  the  altera-  £»J*'  R.>0S\18«  *1; 

,    *  i-i  i  •    i       •       ii  \82<,  No.  23,  ^  2;  R. 

tions  asked  tor  are  plainly  set  forth  in  an  article  in  the  warn-  1797,  p.  493;  it.  1787, 
ings  for  the  annual  town  meetings.  8^402    37  vt  196 

10  Vt  480.   41  Vt.'  317.' 
23Vt.626.   44  Vt.  404. 
25Vt.311.  46  Vt.  19. 
33  Vt.  219. 

Sec  546.  Three  or  more  voters  in  the  fractional  part  of  a  Dissolving  fractional 
school  district  formed  from  the  territory  of  adjoining  towns  by  wis.  No.  116;  1868, 
the  concurrent  vote  of  such  towns,  or,  one  or  more  voters  if  so  }*°-J\iG; ~:  27QL53; 

1  -,  .  •,        .  ,       ..         ..  .  ...  K.  S.  lo,  y  ^'  >   loio, 

many  as  three  do  not  reside  m  such  fractional  part,  may,  it  no.  18. 
they  desire  to  dissolve  such  district,  apply  in  writing  to  the  |]  ^  ^  341yt-384- 
selectmen  of  each  of  s;iid  towns  to  insert  articles  for  that  pur- 
pose in  the  warnings  for  the  next  annual  town  meetings  ;  and 
the  selectmen  of  each  of  said  towns  shall  insert  such  articles 
in  the  warnings  for  such  annual  town  meetings.  At  such 
meetings  each  town  shall  vote  upon  the  question  whether  said 
district  shall  be  dissolved  ;  and  if  their  votes  are  concurrent, 
the  district  shall  be  or  be  not  dissolved,  according  to  the  deci- 
sion of  the  towns. 

Sec.  547.     If  the  votes  of  the  town  are  not  concurrent,  on  application  to 
three  voters,  or  a  less  number  as  provided  above,  may  apply  to  w",  N^Ve;  G.  s. 
a  judge  of  the  county  court  of  the  county  in  which  the  schooI-^gl^a'Mi^folil! 
house  is  located,  who  shall  appoint  three  justices  of  the  same 
county,  not  inhabitants  of  either  town  in  interest,  to  decide  in 
the  matter.     And  such  justices  shall,  if  it  seems  to  them  expe- 
dient, order  such  district  to  be  dissolved,  and  shall  make  and 
file  a  certificate  thereof  in  the  office  of  the  town  clerk  of  each 
town  interested,  to  be  recorded  ;  and  shall  order  a  distribution 
of  the  property  belonging  to  such  district,  to  the  inhabitants 
thereof  residing  in  the  several  towns,  and  may  order  the  pay- 
ment of  such  damages  by  or  to,  the  inhabitants  of  either  town, 
as  are  just. 

Sec,  548.     The  inhabitants  of  each  town  after  the  separa-  Parts  may  organize. 

,  ^  O   S    22    ^  55  *  It   S 

tion  may  organize  themselves  into  a  school  district,  and  may  is,  $'23.'       ' 
receive,  recover  and  take  care  of  such  damages  as  are  awarded 
to  them  by  the  justices. 


168 


ALTERATIONS  IN  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS.     [Title  10. 


Division  of  property ; 
application  to  judges. 
1872,  No.  13,  f  1. 


Judges  to  give  notice, 
hear  and  award. 

1872,  No.  13,  $  2. 


Property  not  divisible 

to  he  sold. 

1872,  No.  13,  J  3. 


Buildings  may  be  set 
to  district  where  situ- 
ated. 

1872,  No.  13,  $  4. 


If  assessment  not  paid, 
district  to  be  sued. 
1872,  No.  13,  $  8. 


Judge,  when  disquali- 
fied. 
1872,  No.  13,  J  5. 


Judges'  return  ;  to  be 
recorded. 

1872,  No.  13,  $  6. 


Sec.  549.  When  a  school  district  is  divided  into  two  or 
more  districts,  by  vote  of  the  town  or  towns  in  which  it  is 
located,  and  said  districts  cannot  agree  upon  a  division  of  their 
corporate  property,  the  clerk  of  the  district  so  divided  shall, 
or  in  his  absence,  or  inability,  or  refusal  to  act,  a  tax-payer  in 
either  portion  of  said  district  may  apply  to  the  assistant  judges 
of  the  county  court  of  the  county  in  which  the  school-house  is 
situated. 

Sec.  550.  The  judges  shall,  upon  such  application,  within 
a  reasonable  time,  give  notice  by  posting  upon  the  school-house 
in  the  original  district,  and  in  one  other  public  place  in  each  of 
said  new  districts,  a  notification,  at  least  twenty  days  prior  to 
the  time  set  for  hearing,  stating  the  time  when  and  the  place 
where  they  will  examine  the  property  and  hear  the  parties 
interested  in  the  division  of  such  property,  and  upon  such 
hearing,  shall  make  a  just  division  of  the  property  and  assets 
of  such  original  district,  including  taxes  voted  but  not  collected, 
between  said  new  districts. 

Sec.  551.  When  the  property  of  such  district  is  such  that 
it  cannot  be  divided  between  the  new  districts,  said  judges  may 
sell  the  same,  and  execute  therefor  deeds  and  writings  neces- 
sary for  a  proper  transfer  thereof,  and  such  deeds  and  writings 
when  recorded  in  the  town  clerk's  office  of  the  town  where  such 
property  is  situated,  shall  pass  the  title  thereof  to  the  pur- 
chaser ;  and  the  judges  shall  make  a  just  division  of  the  proceeds 
of  such  sale  between  the  new  districts. 

Sec.  552.  When  a  part  of  the  property  of  the  original 
district  consists  of  a  school-house  or  other  buildings,  or  build- 
ings and  land,  which  can  be  used  beneficially  by  one  of  the  new 
districts,  said  judges  may  set  the  same  to  the  new  district  in 
which  the  buildings  or  land  are  situated,  and  may  assess  upon 
the  district  to  which  such  lands  and  buildings  are  set  such  sum 
therefor  as  appears  just,  and  may  order  the  same  to  be  paid  to 
such  other  new  district  or  districts,  in  such  time  and  manner  as 
they  direct. 

Sec.  553.  If  the  district  so  assessed  shall,  for  six  months, 
neglect  to  pay  to  the  district  entitled  to  the  same  the  sum  so 
assessed  and  ordered  to  be  paid,  the  district  to  which  said  sum 
is  awarded  may  recover  the  same,  in  an  action  on  the  case, 
founded  on  this  statute. 

Sec.  554.  If  either  of  said  judges  resides  or  owns  real 
estate  in  such  divided  district,  he  shall  not  act,  and  the  other 
of  said  judges  shall  have  the  powers  and  perform  the  duties 
before  provided  for  both  of  said  judges. 

Sec.  555.  When  said  judges  have  completed  such  divi- 
sion, they  shall  make  return  of  their  doings  to  the  town 
clerk  of  the  town  or  towns  in  which  the  original  district  is 
located,  stating  the  property  divided,  the  manner  of  the  divis- 
ion and  the  names  of  the  persons  to  whom  sold  ;  and  when  the 
same  consists  of  real  estate,  it  shall  be  described  by  metes  and 
bounds ;  and  the  return  shall  be  recorded  in  said  town  clerk's 
office. 


Chap.  33.]  MAINTENANCE  OF  SCHOOLS. 


169 


Sec.  556.     The  charges  of  the  judges  in  making  such  divis-  Judges' fees, 
ion  shall  be  borne  by  such  new  districts  in  such  proportions  as      "'      •»'».• 
the  judges  determine  and  certify  in  their  return  ;  and  each  of 
such  districts  shall  be  liable  to  pay  the  sum  so  certified,  to  be 
recovered  in  the  names  of  the  said  judges  in  an  action  on  the 
case  founded  on  this  statute. 

Sec.  557.     No  alterations  in  or  union  of  school  districts  Debts  to  and  from  dis- 
shall  dissolve  or  merge  such  districts  until  the  debts  and  lia-  aUeraUons.6" e   >J 
bilities  due  to  or  from  such  districts  have  been  settled  and  Jgy^f; 38, 
paid.     Eights  of  action,  in  favor  of  or  against  such  districts, 
may  be  enforced  as  though  such  school  districts  had  not  been 
changed,  and  the  officers  of  the  district  at  the  time  of  such 
change  shall  continue  in  office  with  such  powers  as  may  be 
necessary  in  respect  to  the  service  of  process,  calling  district 
meetings,  settling  claims  in  favor  of  and  against  the  district, 
levying,  assessing  and  collecting  taxes  to  pay  liabilities,  and 
fully  closing  up  the  concerns  of  such  districts,  until  all  debts 
and  claims  of  such  districts  are  settled  and  paid. 


CHAPTER  33. 
MAINTENANCE   OF   SCHOOLS. 


Sectiox 

558.  School   to   le   kept   in   each   town; 

studies  required. 

559.  District   may  vote    tax   to    support 

school. 

560.  When  school  must  be  kept ;  applica- 

tion to  selectmen. 

Sec 
each  tow 


Section 
661.  Duty  of  selectmen  when  applied  to. 

562.  Right  of  district  to  public  moneys. 

563.  What  selectmen  applied  to  where  dis- 

trict lies  in  two  towns. 


.  558.     One  or  more  schools  shall   be    maintained  in  school  to  he  kept ; 
awn  for  the  instruction  of  the  young  in  reading,  writing,  is^No^-cI*.  s.  22, 
spelling,  English  grammar,  geography,   arithmetic,   free-hand  1 19"<  R-  s- 18>  $ 1; 
drawing,  history  and  constitution  of  the  United  States,   and  1797]  p.  493,  \\. 
good  behavior;  and  special  instruction  shall  be  given  in  the32Vt-224- 
geography  and  history,  constitution  and  principles  of  govern- 
ment of  Vermont. 

Sec.  559.     Each  district  may  by  vote  in  district  meeting  Tax  for  its  support, 
assess  a  tax  upon  the  district  list  for  the  support  of  schools  ^-R^isfi  13'; Is!;' 
therein.  i»o.  23,'$  10 :  r.'  1797,' 

p.  495,  $3;  1795, p.  9; 
R.  1787,  p.  137. 

Sec.  560.  Each  school  district  shall  provide  for  the  in-  when  to  be  kept;  aP- 
struction  of  the  legal  scholars  in  the  district  in  the  branches  i88otNo.t98Se'Ttmen' 
required  by  law,  for  ten  consecutive  weeks  between  March  1st 
and  September  1st  and  for  ten  consecutive  weeks  between 
September  1st  and  March  1st,  annually  ;  and  if  a  district  does 
not  between  March  1st  and  June  1st  provide  for  the  commence- 
ment of  such  first  mentioned  term  of  instruction,  or  does  not 
between  September  1st  and  December  1st  provide  for  the  com- 
mencement of  such  second  mentioned  term  of  instruction,  or 
discontinues   the   opportunities  of  instruction    in  either   case 


170 


SENDING  CHILDREN  OUT  OF  DISTRICT.     [Title  10. 


before  the  expiration  of  the  term  during  which  instruction  is 
required  to  be  provided  by  law,  any  voter  of  the  district  may 
apply  by  petition  in  writing,  setting  forth  the  neglect  of  the 
district,  to  the  selectmen  of  the  town  in  which  such  district  is. 
ik8o|  Non98,  fl 1 1870,      Sec.  561.     When  application  shall  be  made  as  provided  in 

gVm  Sfso  40°-'  5;  the  first  section  of  this  act  [§  560],  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 

]86(),NosS.  1.  4;  1859,  selectmen  to  fix  a  time  for  hearing  thereon,  not  less  than  six 

No-32,  nor  more  than  ten  days  from  the  presentation  of  the  petition, 

which  shall  be  served  upon  the  committee  of  the  district,  if  the 

district  has  elected  officers. 

If  the  selectmen,  upon  the  hearing,  determine  that  the  facts 
set  forth  in  the  petition  are  true  they  shall  forthwith  declare 
the  offices  in  the  district  vacant,  if  the  district  has  elected  offi- 
cers, and  shall  make  provision  for  the  instruction  of  the  legal 
scholars  of  the  district,  either  in  the  district  or  elsewhere,  at 
the  times  and  for  the  length  of  time  prescribed  in  the  preced- 
ing section,  and  may  without  vote  of  the  district  assess  a  tax 
upon  the  grand  list  of  the  district  sufficient  to  defray  the 
expense  of  such  instruction,  including  the  general  expenses  of 
the  scholars  if  they  are  sent  out  of  the  district,  and  shall  make 
a  rate  bill  therefor.  The  town  collector  shall  collect  such  tax, 
and  in  such  collection  shall  have  the  same  powers  and  be  subject 
to  the  same  liabilities  as  in  the  collection  of  town  taxes.  The 
moneys  collected  shall  be  paid  over  to  the  selectmen,  who  shall 
defray  therewith,  and  with  other  moneys  coming  to  their  hands 
appropriated  to  such  district,  all  expenses  incurred  in  provid- 
ing instruction  for  the  leiral  scholars  of  the  district. 

Sec.  562.  If  the  instruction  furnished  by  the  selectmen,  in 
case  application  is  made  to  them,  together  with  that  furnished 
by  the  district,  if  any,  before  petition  is  had  to  the  selectmen, 
equals  in  any  year  the  amount  of  instruction  required  by  law  to 
be  furnished  to  the  scholars  of  a  district,  such  district  shall  be 
entitled  to  its  share  of  the  public  moneys  divided  equally  among 
the  districts,  and  to  so  much  of  the  moneys  divided  according 
to  the  aggregate  attendance,  as  the  selectmen  think  to  be  the 
fair  proportion  of  the  district. 

Sec.  563.  In  case  of  a  district  lying  in  two  or  more  towns, 
the  application  provided  for  in  section  one  of  this  act  [§  560 J 
shall  be  had  to  the  selectmen  of  the  town  in  which  a  plurality 
of  the  inhabitants  of  such  district  reside. 


Right  to  public  moneys. 

1880,  No.  98,  $  3. 


IVhen  district  lies  in 
two  towns. 

1880,  No.  98,  {  5. 


CHAPTER    34. 


SENDING  CHILDREN  TO   SCHOOL   OUT   OF   THE    DISTRICT  IN 
WHICH  THEY  RESIDE,  AND   TO   ACADEMIES. 


Section 

564,  565.  District  may  send   scholars   to 
adjoining  district. 

566.  School  directors  may  send  scholars 

to  adjoining  town. 

567.  District  may  send  scholars  to  adjoin- 

ing district  out  of  state. 


Section 

568.  District  may  send  scholars  to  acade- 

my. 

569.  Limitation  of  contract. 

570.  District's  right  to  public  money  in 

such  case ;  how  ascertained. 


Chap.  34.]     SENDING  CHILDREN  OUT  OF  DISTRICT.  171 

Sec.  564.     Where  a  school  district  is  so  situated  as  to  be  District  may  send 
conveniently  accommodated  for  school  purposes  in  a  neighbor-  fflct? t0  adJoinin-' 
ing  school  district  or  districts,  it  may,  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  ifw»£0,*«  i  UUM, 
the  voters  present  at  a  meeting  legally  warned  for  that  purpose,     °" 
authorize  the  prudential  committee  to  arrange  for  sending  its 
legal  scholars  to  the  schools  of  such  neighboring  district  or  dis- 
tricts, for  not  more  than  twenty-six  weeks  in  a  school  year, 
and  may  also  by  a  two-thirds  vote  pay  a  reasonable  sum  for 
the  transportation  of  such  scholars  to  and  from  school. 

Sec.  565.     If  such  scholars  are  provided  with  not  less  than  District  when  deemed 
twenty  weeks'  schooling  within  the  school  year,  including  that  .?,££  8u»">orted 
in  the  district  of  their  residence,  such  district  shall  be  held  to  W80.NoW,f2;l8T6, 
have  supported  a  school  for  the  twenty  Aveeks  required  by  law,         °'  * 
and  may  assess  and  collect  a  tax  to  defray  the  expenses  of  such 
schooling,  and  for  the  transportation  of  the  scholars. 

Sec.  566.     The  board  of  school  directors  of  a  town  usino- school  directors  may 
the  town  system  of  schools,  may  provide  for  the  schooling  ofiSfuS!?"*"***- 
any  legal  scholars  of  the  town  in  the  public   schools  of  an  1876,  No* 47,  *  " 
adjoining  town  if  the  parents  or  guardians  of  the  scholars  con- 
sent, and  may  pay  for  the  schooling  from  the  school  moneys  of 
the  town. 

Sec.  567.  When  a  school  district  is  so  situated  as  to  be  District  may  send 
most  conveniently  accommodated  for  school  purposes  in  a  i875!""o?uiLf  8tale" 
school  district  in  an  adjoining  state,  such  school  district  may, 
at  a  district  meeting,  authorize  the  prudential  committee  to 
arrange  with  the  school  officers  of  such  adjoining  district  for 
the  schooling  of  the  legal  scholars  of  such  district  in  this  state, 
for  not  more  than  twenty-six  weeks  in  a  school  year ;  and  if 
such  scholars  are  provided  with  not  less  than  twenty  weeks' 
schooling  within  the  school  year,  such  district  shall  be  held  to 
have  supported  a  school,  and  may  assess  and  collect  a  tax  to 
defray  the  expenses  of  such  schooling,  and  shall  be  entitled 
to  its  share  of  the  public  moneys. 

Sec.  568.      A  school   district  which  is  within  a  town   in  sending  scholars  to 
which  an  academy  is  located,  may,  at  a  district  meeting,  not  ij&o! >?o.  97.  $  l ;  1876, 
less   than    seven   nor  more  than   twelve    days  notice  thereof  ^°- 42  '■>  1869>  No-  9» 
being  given,  direct  its  prudential  committee  to  make  an  ar-  * 
rangement  with  the  officers  of  the  academy  to  instruct  in  said 
academy  all  or  part  of  the  scholars  belonging  to  such  district 
in  the  studies  required  by  law  to  be  taught  in  the  common 
schools,  and  such  other  branches  as  are  provided  by  law  to  be 
taught  in  the  graded  schools. 

Sec.  569.     No  contract  so  made  by  a  district  with  the  offi-  Limitation  of  contract, 
cers  of  an  academy  shall  be  binding  on  the  district  for  more  1869',  No!  9,  §  2. ' 
than  two  years,  and  may  at  any  time  be  modified  by  legisla- 
tion ;  and  no  such  contract  shall  release  a  district  from  the 
obligation  to  provide  for  the  instruction  of  all  the  legal  scholars 
of  the  district  for  the  full  time  required  by  law. 

Sec.  570.     In  calculating  the  share  of  the  public  moneys  District's  right  to  pub- 
which  a  district  is  entitled  to  receive,  the  attendance  of  any  taCined°.ney'   °w  asc* 
scholar  upon  an  academy,  as  provided  in  the  preceding  sec-  x^'^fa97' * 3 ; ISC9' 
tions,  shall  be  treated  as  an  attendance  for  an  equal  length  of 


172 


GRADED  SCHOOLS  — HIGH  SCHOOLS.     [Title  10. 


time  upon  a  public  school  maintained  by  the  district ;  and  it  is 
hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  officers  of  such  academy  to  cause 
to  be  kept  a  correct  record  of  the  attendance  of  those  scholars 
upon  the  academy,  so  arranged  for  by  the  several  districts,  and 
cause  the  same  to  be  returned  to  the  selectmen  of  the  town 
wherein  such  districts  are  located  on  or  before  the  twentieth 
day  of  March  of  each  year,  and  if  the  officers  of  such  academy 
shall  neglect  to  cause  such  record  to  be  kept  and  returned  as 
required  by  this  section,  properly  certified  to  by  the  principal 
teacher  of  such  academy,  then  both  the  officers  and  teachers  of 
such  academy  shall  forfeit  their  right  to  collect  the  tuition  of 
the  scholars  so  arranged  for  under  the  provisions  of  section 
one  of  this  act  [§  568]. 


Chapter  35. 


GRADED,  CENTRAL  AND  UNION  SCHOOLS. 


Section 

571.  Graded  schools. 

572.  District  high  schools. 

TJxiox  Districts. 

573.  Formation ;  powers. 

574.  Schools  to  be  maintained  in  uniting 

districts ;  admission  to  union  school 
regulated. 

575.  District  meetings. 

576.  Officers. 

577.  Prudential  committee,  how  formed. 


Section 

578.  Districts,  how  to  unite  with  or  with- 

draw from  union. 

Town  High  on  Central  Schools. 

579.  Formation ;  powers. 

580-584.  Prudential  committee;  election; 
vacancies ;  duties. 

585.  Treasurer;  collector. 

586.  Purchasing  land  for  school-house. 

587.  Tuition. 

588.  Tax  for  supporting  school. 


(irailed  schools. 

1876,  No.  44. 


GRADED    SCHOOLS. 

Sec.  571.  A  school  maintained  by  a  town  or  school  dis- 
trict for  not  less  than  thirty  weeks  each  year,  and  consisting  of 
four  or  more  departments,  taught  by  four  or  more  teachers, 
having  an  established  course  of  study,  and  having  all  the 
departments  under  the  control  of  one  principal  teacher,  shall  be 
a  graded  school,  and  entitled  to  the  privileges  granted  by  law 
to  graded  schools.  And  a  school  district  supporting  such  a 
school  shall  be  a  graded  school  district  and  entitled  to  the  privi- 
leges of  graded  school  districts. 


District  kisrli  schools. 

G.  8.  22,  $$61-65; 
,  1844,  No.  5. 


DISTRICT    HIGH    SCHOOLS. 

Sec.  572.  If  the  children  of  a  school  district  are  so  numer- 
ous as  to  require  more  than  one  teacher,  the  district  may,  at  a 
district  meeting,  vote  to  erect  as  many  school-houses  and  to 
provide  as  many  teachers  as  are  necessary,  and  may  fix  the 
location  of  such  school-houses  ;  and  may  direct  the  sciences  or 
higher  branches  of  study  to  be  taught  in  one  of  such  schools. 
The  prudential  committee  or  a  committee  chosen  for  that  pur- 
pose may  examine  as  to  the  ages  and  qualifications  of  the  chil- 
dren of  the  district  and  designate  the  school  which  each  shall 


Chap.  35.]  UNION  SCHOOLS.  173 

attend,  and  may  prescribe  the  terms  upon  which  children  not 
residing  in  the  district  may  attend  the  higher  school. 

UNION    SCHOOLS. 

Sec.  573.  Contiguous  school  districts  may  form  a  union  Formation ;  powers, 
district,  tor  maintaining  a  school  for  the  benefit  of  the  older  1341* No!i2M$i7m! 
children  of  such  districts,  if  the  voters  of  each  district  by  a  two- 
thirds  vote,  at  a  district  meeting,  agree  to  form  such  union. 
A  district  so  formed  shall  assume  a  corporate  name  and  be  a 
corporation,  with  the  powers  and  liabilities  of  common  school 
districts ;  may,  like  common  school  districts,  raise  money  for 
providing  a  school-house  and  all  things  necessary  thereto,  and 
for  maintaining  a  school ;  and  the  same  proceedings  shall  be 
had  in  locating  a  school-house  as  provided  in  the  case  of  com- 
mon school  districts. 

Sec.  574.     The  schools  in  each  of  the   associate   districts  schools  kept  in  uniting 
shall  be  maintained  as  if  no  union  district  had  been  formed,  Kfmay  attend: sch°°1' 
and  only  such  scholars  shall  be  admitted  to  the  union  school  as  n0S2322^74;  l8**' 
are  of  the  age  and  possess  the  qualifications  prescribed  by  the 
prudential  committee  of  the  union  district. 

Sec.  575.     The  first  meeting  of  a  union  district  shall  be  union  district  meet- 
called  in  such  manner,  and  at  such  time  and  place,  as  may  be  grs.  22,  ^69,71; 
agreed  upon  by  the  associate  districts  at  the  time  of  forming  the  l^'59,2^°s"o34;  1841, 
union.     The  annual  meeting  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Wednes- 
day after  the  last  Tuesday  in  March. 

kSEC.  576.     The  officers  of  a  union  district  shall  be  a  moder-  Officers, 
ator,  collector,  treasurer  and  clerk,  who  shall  be  elected  at  each  1863!  No.  24 ;  g7s.  ' 
annual  meeting  :  and  such  district  may  elect  a  prudential  com-  22,  f{70,75;  is.50, 

,   , ,     8  '      .  .  J  •  i    j    •  i.-         No.  41 ;  1841,  No.  23, 

mittee  ot  three,  six,  or  nine  persons,  as  provided  in  section  $  4. 
four  hundred  twenty-nine  [§  509].  A  clerk  shall  be  elected  by 
ballot  at  the  first  meeting.  Union  district  officers  shall  hold 
office  until  their  successors  are  elected ;  and  shall  have  the 
same  powers  and  perform  the  same  duties  as  the  same  officers  in 
common  school  districts. 

Sec.  577.     If  the  prudential  committee  are  not  elected  as  committee,  how 
provided  in  the  preceding  section,  the  chairmen  of  the  pruden-  G.r™.e22,  $73;  1858, 
tial  committees  of  the  districts  composing  the  union  districts  No-  b  § 10- 
shall  constitute  the  prudential  committee  of  the  union  district ; 
and  when  the  union  district  is  formed  of  an  even  number  of 
common  school  districts,  the  union  district  shall  elect  an  addi- 
tional member  to  such  committee,  who  shall  be  a  resident  of 
the  union  district  and  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  and  until  his 
successor  is  elected. 

Sec.  578.     One  of  the  districts  composing  a  union  district  uniting  with  or  with- 

. ,  1    1  n  u  •  i  a.  1.  v   -i-  drawing  from  union. 

may  withdraw  irom  such  union  by  a  concurrent  vote  ot  two-  g.  s.  22,  {$76, 77; 

thirds  of  the  district  desiring  to  withdraw,  and  two-thirds  of 1852.  No.  37. 

the  remaining  portion  of  the  union  district,  at  meetings  warned 

for  that  purpose  ;  and  a  contiguous  district  may  join  a  union 

district  by  a  concurrent  vote  of  two-thirds  of  such  contiguous 

district   and    two-thirds  of  such    union    district,    at   meetings 

warned  for  that  purpose. 


174 


TOWN  HIGH  OR  CENTRAL  SCHOOLS.     [Title  10. 


Formation ;  powers. 

1S78,  No.  112,  $  1; 
1859,  No.  10;  1867, 
No.  16,  ${  1,7. 


Committee,  election  of. 

1880,  No.  99,  $  1 ; 
1867,  No.  16,  J  2. 


Towns  to  elect  in  1881. 

1880,  No.  99,  J  2. 


Election  of  successors, 
1880,  No.  99,  J  3. 


Vacancies. 

1880,  No.  99,  $  4. 


Duties  of  committee. 

1880,  No.  99,  $5;  1867 
No.  16,  {2. 


Treasurer  and  col- 
lector. 

1878,  No.  112,  $  1; 
1867,  No.  16  i  3. 


Purchasing  land  for 
school-house. 

1878.  No.  112. 


Tuition. 

1869,  No.  10;  1867, 
No.  16,  §  4. 


TOWN  HIGH  OR  CENTRAL  SCHOOLS. 

Sec.  579.  A  town  may  at  the  animal  town  meeting  estab- 
lish one  or  more  high  or  central  schools  for  advanced  pupils  of 
the  several  districts  in  the  town,  and,  if  they  so  vote,  shall,  at 
a  meeting  warned  for  that  purpose,  fix  the  boundaries  of  such 
high  or  central  school  districts  ;  and  towns  providing  high  or 
central  schools  shall  have  the  powers  of  union  districts. 

Sec.  580.  When  a  town  votes  to  establish  a  high  or  central 
school  or  schools  it  shall,  at  the  same  meeting  at  which  such 
vote  is  passed,  elect  a  prudential  committee  of  three  persons, 
for  each  high  or  central  school  district,  one  member  of  which 
committee  shall  be  elected  for  three  years,  one  for  two  years, 
and  one  for  one  year,  from  the  first  day  of  July  next  following 
their  election  ;  and  such  committee  first  chosen  shall  also  hold 
office  from  the  day  of  their  election  until  the  first  day  of  July 
next  following. 

Sec.  581.  Towns  which  have  established  high  or  central 
schools  shall  at  the  annual  town  meeting  in  1881  elect  such  a 
committee. 

Sec.  582.  At  each  annual  town  meeting  after  the  one  at 
which  a  committee  is  first  elected  under  the  provisions  of  the 
two  preceding  sections,  the  town  shall  elect  a  successor  to  that 
member  of  the  committee  whose  term  expires  that  year  ;  and  the 
term  of  office  of  the  person  so  chosen  shall  commence  on  the 
first  day  of  July  next  following  his  election,  and  continue  for 
three  years. 

Sec.  583.  A  vacancy  in  a  prudential  committee  elected 
under  the  provisions  of  the  three  preceding  sections,  may  be 
filled  by  the  committee,  or,  if  the  committee  fails  to  fill  the 
vacancy  within  thirty  days  after  it  occurs,  by  the  selectmen  of 
the  town.  The  person  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy  shall  hold 
office  for  the  remainder  of  the  term  for  which  the  person  in 
whose  office  the  vacancy  occurred  was  elected  or  appointed,  or 
until  such  town  shall  fill  such  vacancy. 

Sec.  584.  The  duties  of  the  prudential  committee  of  a 
high  or  central  school  district  shall  be  the  same  as  those  of  the 
same  officers  in  union  districts. 

Sec.  585.  The  town  treasurer  and  town  collector  shall  be 
treasurer  and  collector  of  high  or  central  school  districts  with 
the  powers  and  duties  of  similar  officers  in  common  school 
districts. 

Sec.  586.  When  a  town,  by  vote  in  a  meeting  warned  for 
that  purpose,  fixes  upon  the  location  for  a  high  or  central  school- 
house,  or  votes  to  purchase  additional  lands  therefor,  the  select- 
men shall  purchase  such  lands  ;  and  if  they  fail  to  agree  with 
the  owner  upon  a  compensation  for  the  same,  the  same  pro- 
ceedings shall  be  had  as  in  such  case  provided  in  purchasing 
land  for  a  common  school. 

Sec.  587.  Each  pupil  attending  a  high  or  central  school 
shall  pay  a  certain  sum  per  term  for  tuition,  which  shall  be 
fixed  by  the  prudential  committee  at  the  beginning  of  the  term, 


Chap.  36.]      ABOLISHING  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS. 


17-") 


and  shall  not  be  altered  during  its  continuance  ;  and  said  com- 
mittee may  prescribe  terms  upon  which  non-residents  shall  be 
admitted  to  such  school. 

Sec.  588.     If  the  sums  received  from  tuition  are  not  suffi-  Tax  for  support  of 
cient  to  maintain  such  school  for  the   length  of  time  fixed  by  ^""no. 
the  prudential  committee,  the  committee  may  assess  a  tax  on 
the  district  list  of  such  high  or  central  school  district,  for  the 
balance  required,  and  issue  a  warrant  to  the  town  collector  to 
collect  the  same. 


10. 


Chapter  36. 


TOWN   SYSTEM. 


Section 

589.  Abolishment  of  districts. 

590.  Disposal  of  district  property. 

591.  592.  Proceedings  as  to  school-house 

of  fractional  district. 

593.  Town  to  pay  award  in  sixty  days. 

594.  School    directors;    election;    vacan- 

cies. 

595.  Chairman;  election;  dirties. 

596.  Clerk;  appointment;  duties. 

597.  School  directors ;  duties. 

598.  May  take  students  from  other  towns. 

599.  Directors'  report. 


Section 

600.  Directors'  compensation. 

601.  Selectmen  to  assess  tax. 

602.  Duties  of  treasurer. 

603.  School-houses. 

604.  When  two-thirds  vote    required    to 

adopt  system. 

605.  Town  may  abolish  town  system. 

606.  Districts  restored. 

607.  To  receive  former  property. 

08.  Town  meeting  to  elect  superintend- 
ent and  clerk ;  clerks  to  call  meet- 
ings, &c. 


MODE     OF    ABOLISHING     SCHOOL     DISTRICTS,     AND     DISTRIBUTING 
DISTRICT    PROPERTY. 

Sec  589.  A  town  may  at  its  annual  meeting  abolish  the  Abolishment  or  dis- 
school  district  system  in  such  town;  and  the  selectmen  of  a  isto^'no.  10,  ii  1, 4. 
town  shall  insert  an  article  for  that  purpose  in  the  warning  for 
the  annual  meeting  upon  the  application  of  three  voters  in  the 
town.  When  a  town  so  votes  the  school  districts  therein 
shall,  after  the  first  day  of  the  next  April,  cease  to  exist  except 
for  the  purpose  of  settling  their  pecuniary  affairs. 

Sec.  590.  The  school-houses  and  the  property  belonging  Disposal  of  district 
to  such  districts  shall  be  appraised  by  three  persons,  to  be  1S70' No.  10,  {  4. 
appointed  by  the  assistant  judges  of  the  county  court  for  the 
county,  and  the  amount  of  such  appraisal  shall  stand  to  the 
credit  of  the  several  school  districts  respectively,  to  be  ad- 
justed, allowed  and  equalized  between  such  districts  by  apply- 
ing such  valuations  upon  the  taxes  thereafter  assessed,  under 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  upon  the  grand  list  of  the  several 
school  districts  ;  and  such  school-houses,  and  other  property, 
shall  become  the  property  of  such  town. 

Sec.  591.     When  a  town,  which  contains  a  fractional  part  Schooi-house  of  frac- 

r         t   ±   '   j.  i>  j      i»  /•  j.  j.  ii     iL     tlonal  district,  how 

01  a  district  formed  of  parts  or  two  or  more  towns,  adopts  the  taken. 

town  system,  such  town  shall,  if  the  school-house  of  such  dis-  1870,  No* 10,  $ 10' 

trict  is  situated  in  such  town,  take  possession  thereof  and  of 

the  school  apparatus,  land  and  other  property  of  the  district ; 

and  the  selectmen  of  the  towns  in  which  the  district  is  located 


176  BOARD  OF  SCHOOL  DIRECTORS.  [Title  10. 

shall  forthwith  appraise  such  property,  and  determine  what 
proportion  is  owned  by  the  inhabitants  of  towns  other  than  that 
in  which  the  school-house  is  situated. 
Application  to  county        Sec.  592.     If  the  said  boards  of  selectmen  cannot  ao-ree  as 

court  It  towns  disagree.  .  .  .  ,     _.  ,  © 

1870,  No.  10,  $j  io,  ii.  to  the  apportionment,  the  same  shall  be  determined  by  three 
commissioners,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  assistant  judges 
of  the  county  court  of  the  county,  upon  application  by  the 
selectmen  of  the  town  adopting  the  town  system.  If  said 
towns  are  situated  in  different  counties,  then  the  same  shall  be 
appraised  and  apportioned  by  five  commissioners,  three  of 
whom  shall  be  appointed  by  the  assistant  judges  of  the  county 
court  of  the  county  in  which  the  town  asking  such  commission 
is  situated,  and  two  by  the  county  court  of  the  county  where 
the  adjoining  town  is  situated.  The  commissioners  shall  not 
be  residents  of  either  of  such  towns.  They  shall  receive  the 
same  pay  as  road  commissioners  for  their  services,  and  shall, 
within  ten  days  after  such  appraisal,  file  their  reports  in  the 
town  clerk's  office  of  each  of  said  towns  ;  and  the  expense  of 
such  commission  shall  be  defrayed  by  the  town  asking  the 
same. 
sVxt r  rta°8be  pald  ,n  ^EC'  593.     The  town  taking  property  of  fractional  districts, 

1870,  No.'io,  $  12.  shall,  within  sixty  days  after  such  appraisal  of  the  selectmen, 
or  the  filing  of  the  report  of  the  commissioners,  pay  to  the 
treasurers  of  adjoining  towns  the  amount  apportioned  to  the 
inhabitants  of  such  towns. 

BOARD    OF    SCHOOL    DIRECTORS. 

school  directors;  eiec-      Sec.  594.     If  a  town  votes  to  abolish  the  district  system  it 

1870,' No.  io,  }{2, 3.    shall,  at  the  same  meeting,  elect  a  board  of  three  or  six  school 

directors,  citizens  of  such  town,  one-third  of  whom  shall  be 

elected  for  one  }ear,  one-third  for  two  years,  and  one-third  for 

three  years  from  the  close  of  the  school  year.     At  each  annual 

town  meeting  thereafter  the  town  shall  elect  successors  to  those 

directors  whose  term  of  office  expires  that  year,  and  the  term 

of  office  of  directors  so  chosen  shall  commence  at  the  close  of 

the  school  year  and  continue   for  three  years.     A  vacancy  in 

the  board  may  be  filled  by  the  selectmen  until  the  next  annual 

town  meeting  when  the  town  shall  elect  a   director  for  the 

remainder   of   the   unexpired   term.     All    directors,    whether 

elected  or  appointed,  shall  hold  office  until  their  successors 

are  elected. 

chairman;  election  Sec.  595.     The  board  of  school  directors  shall,  on  or  before 

1870,  No.  io,  $  5.        the  first  day  of  April  in  each  year,  elect  one  of  their  number 

chairman   who   shall  have  the  powers  and  be  subject  to  the 

duties  of  town  superintendents. 

ciwk  ;< appointment  Sec.  596.     The  board  of  school  directors  shall,  on  or  before 

1870,  No.  io,  { 6.        the  first  clay  of  April  in  each  year,  appoint  a  clerk,  not  one 

of  their  number,  who  shall  keep  a  permanent  record  book  in 

which  he  shall  record  the  proceedings  of  the  board ;  and  he 

shall  make  the  returns  to  town  clerks  required  by  law  to  be 

made  by  school  district  clerks,   and   shall  receive   the  same 

compensation  therefor. 


Chap.  36.]  TOWN  SYSTEM  177 

Sec.  597.     The  board  of  school  directors   shall  be  sworn ,  school  directors ; 
and  shall  have  the   care  of  property  belonging  to  the  public  i876e,8No.  46;  1870, 
schools  of  the  town,   shall  prescribe  the  number  of  schools,  No«  10»  § 7- 
employ  teachers  and  fix  their  compensation,  have  the  manage- 
ment of  the  public  schools,  examine  and  allow  claims  arising 
therefrom,  and  draw  warrants  for  the  payment  of  such  claims 
upon  the  town  treasurer,  and  in  general  shall  have  the  powers 
and  perform  the  duties  of  the  prudential  committee  and  clerk 
of  a  school  district.     They  may  establish  graded  schools  and 
provide  for  the  instruction  of  scholars  in  the  higher  branches, 
and    may  make    regulations,    not    inconsistent   with   law,   for 
carrying  the  powers  granted  them  into  effect. 

Sec.  598.     The    board   of    school   directors   may   receive  May  take  students  from 
students  from  other  towns  into  the  schools  upon  such  terms  as  i^  No.ni6,  {  9. 
they  deem  proper,  and  moneys  received  from  such  students 
shall  be  paid  into  the  school  fund  of  the  town. 

Sec.  599.     The  board  shall  at  each  annual  town  meeting  Directors' report, 
make  a  report  to  the  town  of  their  proceedings  for  the  last  school 1870,  No" 10' '  13, 
year,  and  present  an  exhibit  of  warrants  drawn  by  them  for  the 
use  of  schools. 

Sec.  600.     The  chairman  of  the  board  shall  receive  from  the  compensation, 
state  treasury  the  same  compensation  as  town  superintendents,  f~«  J60,*04?™ 

J  c  i\      4.  4-  l  rt-.   *    ■  i.,.r   i  1876,  No.  46;  1870, 

and  from  the  town  treasury  such  sum  as  the  town  votes  to  pay  No.  io,  $$  5, 7. 
him.     The  compensation  of  other  members  of  the  board  shall 
be  fixed  by  the  town  at  the  time  of  their  election  and  be  paid 
out  of  its  treasury. 

ANNUAL   TAX  ;    DUTIES    OF   TREASURER  ;    SCHOOL-HOUSES. 

Sec.  601.     The  selectmen  of  a  town  using  the  town  system  selectmen  to  assess  tax. 
shall  annually  appropriate  for  the  use  of  schools  in  such  town  a  1870>  No>  10»  $  8- 
sum  not  exceeding  one-half  nor  less  than  one-fourth  of  the 
grand  list  of  such  town,  and  shall  assess  a  tax  annually  to  defray 
such  appropriations. 

Sec.  602.     The  treasurer  of  such  town  shall  keep  a  sep- Duties  of  treasurer, 
arate  account  of  the  moneys  appropriated  or  given  for  the  use  1870>  No* 10)  $ 8* 
of  schools,  and  shall  pay,  out  of  such  moneys,  "warrants  drawn 
by  the  board  of  school  directors  for  the  use  of  schools. 

Sec.  603.     Such  town  shall  provide  and  maintain  suitable  schooi-houses. 
school-houses,  and  the  location,  construction  and  sale  of  the  1870'  No* 10:  $ 8* 
same  shall  be  under  the  control  of  the  board  of  school  direct- 
ors. 

RESTRICTION   IN    CASE    OF    CERTAIN   DISTRICTS. 

Sec  604.     The  foregoing  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  When  two-thtrds 1  vote 
not  apply  to  graded  school  districts  which  have  been  incor-  tem. 
poratcd  by  act  of  the  legislature,  unless  accepted  by  a  vote  of 18/0,N0, 10»  $ 14, 
two-thirds  of  the  voters  therein,  nor  to  a  district  formed  by  the 
concurrent  votes  of  two  or  more  adjoining  towns  without  the 
concurring  votes  of  each  of  said  towns  consenting  thereto. 

MODE    OF    ABOLISHING    TOWN    SYSTEM. 

Sec.  605.     A  town  having  abolished  its  school  district  sys-  Mode  of  abolishing 
tem  in  pursuance  of  law  may  at  any  fifth  annual  town  meeting  ilfs'No.  115 •  1876, 


178  TEXT-BOOKS.  [Title  10. 

No.  41,  ^  l ;  1872,  No.  thereafter  abolish  its  town  system  of  schools  by  a  vote  of  a 
9'  $  *•  majority  of  the  legal  voters  present,  and  the  selectmen  of  such 

town  shall  insert  an  article  for  that  purpose  in  the  warning  for 
any  fifth  annual  town  meeting  after  such  town  has  abolished  its 
school  district  system,  upon  the  application  in  writing  of  twenty 
legal  voters  in  such  town. 
|M»fr«et8  restored.  §ECt  606.    When  a  town  abolishes  its  town  system  of  schools, 

the  town  shall  be  divided  into  the  same  number  of  school  dis- 
tricts, with  the  same  limits  and  boundaries,  and  the  districts  shall 
be  designated  by  the  same  numbers,  and  shall  have  the  same 
powers  and  be  subject  to  the  same  duties  and  liabilities,  as  before 
they  were  abolished  by  said  town. 
To  recede  former  prop.      Sec.  607.     When  a  town  votes  to  abolish  the  town  system 
1876, No. 41, $2;  1872,  of  schools,    the    school-houses   and   other   property   formerly 
No'9'  ^4"  belonging  to  the  school  districts,  shall  become  the  property  of 

the  same  school  districts  respectively,  and  the  selectmen  of  said 
town  shall  fix  upon  the  amount  of  credits  upon  its  taxes  that  each 
of  said  districts  has  received,  by  reason  of  valuation  and  equal- 
ization of  school  property,  and  expenses  in  building  or  repair- 
ing school-houses  in  the  limits  of  said  districts  under  the  town 
system,  according  to  the  provisions  of  section  five  hundred  four 
[§  590]  ;  and  said  selectmen  shall  equalize  the  same  upon  the 
grand  lists  of  the  several  districts,  when  so  restored  to  the  dis- 
trict system,  so  that  each  district  shall  own  its  school  property 
as  before  the  adoption  of  the  town  system  ;  and  the  selectmen 
shall  assess  a  tax  on  the  grand  lists  of  the  several  school  dis- 
tricts, and  cause  the  same  to  be  collected  to  carry  out  the 
provisions  of  this  section. 
Town  to  elect  superin-  gEC,  608.  At  the  annual  town  meeting,  at  which  the  town 
first  meeting.  system  of  schools  is  abolished,  the  voters  shall  elect  a  town 

superintendent  of  common  schools  ;  also  a  clerk  for  each  school 
district,  who  shall  be  a  voter  in  such  school  district.  And  such 
clerk  shall  call  the  first  meeting  of  said  school  district,  which 
shall  be  held  on  the  last  Tuesday  of  March  next  succeeding  said 
town  meeting,  by  posting  up  notice  as  provided  by  law  for 
holding  the  annual  meetings  in  school  districts  ;  and  said  school 
district  may  at  this  meeting  elect  officers  for  the  year  ensuing, 
and  do  any  business  that  school  districts  may  do  at  their  annual 


meetings. 


Chapter  37. 

TEXT-BOOKS. 


Section 

609.  Text-book  committee. 

610.  Their  duty ;  printing  and  distribution 

of  report. 

611.  Only  books  recommended  to  be  used. 

612.  Scholars  to  be  supplied  with  books. 


Section 

613.  Price   of  books,    how   collected   of 

parent. 

614.  Towns  may  purchase  books. 

615.  Selection    mado    in  1879   to   be  in 

force. 


Text-book  committee.       Sec.  609.     There  shall  be  in  each  town  a  text-book  com- 
isfSl  No.'  33? Jl|  X~4 '  mittee  which,  in  towns  using  the  district  system,  shall  be  com- 


Chap.  37.]  TEXT-BOOKS.  ltd 

posed  of  two  inhabitants  of  the  town  to  be  chosen  at  the  annual  1872,  No.  Hj  188«, 
town  meeting  in  1884  and  every  fifth  year  thereafter,  and  of  1862,  No.'s;  i«.58, ' ' 
two  inhabitants  of  each  graded  school  district  in  the  town,  to  No.  l,  $  li;  1849, No. 

.  °  i      t  i       /•    i  14,  Ao;  184o,  No.  3/, 

be  chosen  in  the  same  years  by  such  districts,  and  or  the  town  a  5;  1833,  No.  19,  §  i ; 
superintendent.  Tin  towns  using  the  town  system  of  schools,  1827,  No.  23,  §  4. 
the  board  of  school  directors  for  the  year  in  which  a  selection 
of  text-books  is  to  be  made  shall  be  the  text-book  committee^ 
Vacancies  in  a  text-book  committee  may  be  filled  as  vacancies 
in  the  office  of  town  superintendent  are  filled. 

Sec.  610.  The  text-book  committees  shall  select  and  recom-  Their  duty;  printing 
mend  text-books  for  use  in  their  respective  towns,  one  book  of  1878,  No.  i22,'^e5,06." 
a  grade,  on  the  subjects  required  by  law  to  be  taught  in  the 
common  schools,  giving  preference  to  books  in  use ;  and  if  a 
change  is  recommended  shall  decide  how  such  change  shall  be 
made  ;  and  shall  file  a  report  with  the  town  clerk  on  or  before 
the  first  day  of  August  following  their  election.  During  said 
month  of  August  the  town  superintendent  shall  procure  the 
printing  and  distribution  of  said  report  to  the  families  in  the 
town,  and  shall  charge  for  the  printing  of  the  same  in  his 
account,  but  not  to  exceed  one  dollar  per  hundred  copies. 

Sec.  611.     The  books  recommended  by  the  text-book  com-  only  books  recom. 
mittee  shall  be  the  books  to  be  used  in  the  public  schools  from  ^No? I22"sf7* 
the   first  day  of  November   following  the  publication  of  the 
recommendation  until  another  recommendation  is  made  ;  and 
the  use  in  public  schools  of  any  other  text-books  than  those 
recommended,  except  as  books  of  reference,  shall  be  unlawful. 

Sec.  612.     If  a  pupil  in  a  public  school  is  not  provided  ^hoiars  to  be  supplied 
with    the    requisite    text-books,   the  prudential  committee  or  1870,  No.  is,  $$  l,  2; 
school    board   shall    notify   his   parent,    master    or    guardian 1868>  No* 33'  $ 4* 
thereof;  and  if  they   fail   to    supply   such   pupil  within    one 
week  after  such  notice,   the  prudential  committee   or  school 
board  shall  supply  him  ;  and  if  such  committee  fails  to  supply 
such  pupil  within  two  weeks  after  his  enrollment   the  town 
superintendent  shall  supply  him. 

Sec.  613.  The  prudential  committee,  school  board,  or  Price  of  books,  how 
town  superintendent  shall  give  notice  in  writing  to  the  listers  iStoTno"'^}  3%. 
of  the  names  of  pupils  supplied  by  them,  the  prices  of  the 
books  supplied  and  the  names  of  such  pupils'  parents,  masters 
or  guardians  ;  and  the  listers  shall  add  to  the  next  annual  tax 
of  such  parents,  masters  or  guardians  the  price  of  such  books, 
or  may  omit  to  add  a  part  or  the  whole  of  such  amount,  if 
such  parent,  master  or  guardian  is  unable  to  pay  the  same. 
And  the  amount  so  added  shall  be  levied,  collected  and  paid 
into  the  treasury  like  other  town  taxes. 

r     Sec.  614.     Towns  may  purchase  and  hold  text-books  for  Towns  may  purchase 
use  in  their  schools,  if  the  town  so  votes  in  a  meeting  warned  i878,8*No.  122,  s  9. 
for  that  purpose .     &  ->-*    6  *&  1-.+  c .  6  o  (a  f 

Sec.  615.     The  selection  of  text-books  made  in  pursuance  selection  of  i879in 
of  law  in  the  year  1879  shall  be  binding  upon  schools  in  ac-  force* 
cordance  with   the  provisions    of   law   then   existing   until  a 
new  selection  of   text-books    is  made    in   pursuance    of  this 
chapter. 


180 


REGISTERS  AND  RETURNS. 


[Title  10- 


Chapter  38. 


REGISTERS  AND  RETURNS. 


Sectiox 

616.  State    superintendent     to    prescribe 

form  of'  register. 

617.  To  furnish  copies  to  town  superin- 

tendents. 

618.  Town   superintendents  to  receipt  or 

notify  of  failure  to  receive. 

619.  District  clerks  to  obtain  registers. 

620.  Teacher  to  procure,  fill  out  and  re- 

turn register. 

621.  Clerk  to  certify  to  register;  certifi- 

cate entitles  teacher  to  pay. 


Sectiox 

622.  Clerks  to  fill  out  and  return  registers 

to  superintendent. 

623.  Town  superintendent  to  fill  out  and 

return  to  town  clerk. 
624-626.  Returns  for  fractional  district. 

627.  Town  superintendent  to  forward  sta- 

tistics to  state  superintendent. 

628.  Returns  by  academies  and  grammar 

schools. 

629.  By  certain  graded  schools. 


187 ™ nVTij te*h •  ^EC-  ®16.     The  state  superintendent  shall  prescribe  blank 

1874^  No.  33, 11;  1872,  forms  for  a  school  register  for  keeping  a  record  of  the  daily  at- 
ffo^ilsi'No.i',  'if.  tendance  of  children  upon  the  school,  and  containing  printed 
interrogatories  for  procuring  the  statistical  information  required 
to  be  given  by  teachers,  district  clerks  and  town  superintend- 
ents, and  for  procuring  such  further  information  as  he  thinks 
desirable, 
copies  furnished  to  gE0#  617.     The  state  superintendent  shall  annually  in  the 

town  superintendents.  ,    x  _         .    .      1  .  _  •.-.    • 

1874,  No. 33, $4;  1872,  month  ot  January,  lurnish  to  town  superintendents  a  sufficient 
^°09^838,;  No.  ui.  number  of  such  registers  to   supply  the   schools  in   their  re- 
spective towns. 
Town  supt.  to  receipt;      Sec.  618.     A  town  superintendent  on  receiving  such  regis- 
ceive.  "  ters  shall  immediately  forward  to  the  state  superintendent  a 

Ifo  18/6  2;  0.8.11/  receipt  therefor,  and  if  he  fails  to  receive  such  registers  before 
1 109;  1858,'  No.  i,  §7.  the  first  day  of  February  he  shall  immediately  notify  the  state 

superintendent,  who  shall  supply  the  deficiency  forthwith. 
District  clerks  to  obtain      SEC.  619.     Each  district  clerk  shall  annually  on  or  before 

registers.  ,        _  1     •      -»*•        1  '  <•     1  • 

1876,  No.  52,  $  1 ;  1874,  the  first  week  111  March  procure  ot  the  town  superintendent  a 
18O*62;&*s\22,?109;  register  for  each  school  in  his  district,  and  shall  be  responsible 
for  the  safe  keeping  thereof. 

Sec.  620.  Teachers  of  common  or  union  schools  shall, 
before  commencing  school,  procure  a  register  from  the  clerk 
of  the  district,  and  shall  keep  therein,  in  the  prescribed  form, 
a  record  of  the  daily  attendance  of  each  scholar,  and  shall 
enter  therein  correct  answers  to  the  interrogatories  addressed 
to  teachers,  and  shall  lodge  such  register  with  the  district  clerk 
before  the  twentieth  day  of  March. 

Sec.  621.  A  district  clerk  shall,  when  a  register  is  de- 
livered  to  him    as    provided    in    the   two    preceding   sections 


1858,  No.  1,  $  7. 

Teacher  to  procure, 

fill  out  and  return 

register. 

1878,  No.  117,  vj  1 ; 

1865,  No.  30 ;  1864, 
No.  58 ;  G.  S.  22, 
$  110;  1858,  No.  1,  $  8 
50  Vt.  30. 


Clerk's  certificate. 

1867,  No.  19  ;  1865, 
No.  30;  G.  S.  22, 


!oTt  3058' N°' M  8'  [§  62°]>  examine  the  same,  and  if  he  finds  that  said  register  is 
The  section  winch  filled  out  as  required  by  law,  and  properly  certified  to  by 
Ite^ed^wefa?0  the  teacher,  he  shall  so  certify ;  and  the  teacher  shall  not  be 
passed,  was  made  up  of  entitled  to  his  wages,  except  on  presentation  of  said  certificate 
repealed  by  1880,°!^  of  the  district  clerk  to  the  prudential  committee  of  the  district 
9t, §8;  and  has  been  jn  which  the  school  has  been  taught. 

struck  out.  ° 

cierk  to  fill  out  and  Sec.   622.     School    district   clerks   shall  comply  with  the 

W78™NauT{l;       requirements  made  of  them  in  the  registers  delivered  to  them 


Chap.  38.]  REGISTERS  AND  RETURNS.  181 

by  the  teachers,  and  shall  file  the  same  in  the  office  of  their  1864,  No.  58;  g.  s.  22, 
respective  town  superintendents  on  or  before  the  twentieth  $ 110;  1858'No-1' £8. 
day  of  March  in  each  year. 

Sec.  623.  The  town  superintendent  shall  enter  in  each  Town  rapt.  io  mi  out 
register  the  name  of  each  teacher  of  the  school  for  the  school  lsf's^No." nT?^", 4- 
year,  and  the  date  and  origin  of  such  teacher's  certificate  or 
license  ;  and  if  he  finds  from  the  register  that  the  district  has 
supported  for  the  time  required  by  law  a  school  kept  by  a 
properly  licensed  teacher,  and  that  the  register  has  been 
properly  filled  by  the  district  clerk,  he  shall  so  certify  in  the 
register,  and  shall  lodge  such  register  in  the  office  of  the  town 
clerk  before  the  Friday  next  preceding  the  last  Tuesday  in 
March.  • 

Sec.  624.  The  clerk  of  a  district  formed  of  parts  of  two  cierk  of  fractional  dis- 
or  more  towns  shall  return  the  school  registers  of  such  dis-  JJiSta?*™  t0  return 
trict  to  the  town  superintendent  of  the  town  in  which  the 
school-house  is  located.  Such  town  superintendent  shall, 
before  the  Friday  next  preceding  the  last  Tuesday  in  March, 
forward  a  copy  of  the  certificate  which  he  is  required  to  make 
in  such  register,  if  he  finds  reason  to  make  such  certificate,  to 
the  superintendents  of  all  the  towns  in  which  such  school  dis- 
trict is  situated. 

Sec.  625.     The  clerk  of  a  district  formed  of  parts  of  two  statistics  returned  by 
or  more  towns  shall,  on  or  before  the  twentieth  day  of  March,  £"*«>'*"«•"»  dis- 
make  return  to  the  town  superintendent  in  each  town,  specify-  ™ 74*9Nf  -J^'J  |;  ™66, 
ing  the  number  of  children  in  the  district  between  the  .ages  of  $86;  R.  S.  18, £33; 
five  and  twenty  years,  the  number  of  said  children  residing  in  1827»  No* 23,  $ 7* 
each    of  the   towns    composing   such    district,    the    aggregate 
attendance  of  children  in  such  district  residing  in  each  town, 
the  aggregate  attendance  of  the  whole  number  of  children  in 
such  district  residing  in   each  town,  and   also  the  affjrreorate 
attendance  of  the  whole  number  of  children  between  the  ages 
of  five  and  twenty  years  in  the  district. 

Sec.  626.     Town  superintendents  shall  return  the    certifi- Return  of  town  supt.  to 
cates  and  returns  received  by  them  under  the  provisions  of  the  lown  clerk" 
two  preceding  sections,  to  the  town  clerks  of  their  respective 
towns  before  the  Friday  next  preceding  the  last  Tuesday  in 
March  annually. 

Sec.  627.  Town  superintendents  shall  annually  on  or  before  Return  of  town  supt.to 
the  tenth  day  of  April,  make  out  and  return  to  the  state  super-  f$4,No*33,  <5-G.S. 
impendent  in  the  form  prescribed  by  him  the  statistics  of  the  22>  $'112;  1858,  No.  l, 
schools  in  each  district  of  their  respective  towns,  and  the  state  1849,  No.'i4,°$  6°;  1847, 
superintendent  upon  the  receipt  of  such  returns  shall  forward  f7°-<2h  (f&  f}6'  f60' 
a  certificate  therefor  to  the  town  superintendent  making  the  s  2;  1833,  No.  19,' §  i; 
return.  1827,  No.  23,  §  5. 

Sec.  628.     Trustees  of  incorporated  academies  and  gram- Returns  by  academies 
mar  schools  shall  cause  their  principals  to  return  to  the  state  is^n™!!^™1."^ 
superintendent,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  April  annually,  22,  $'ii3;  18*8,  No.  li 
answers  to  the  statistical  inquiries  addressed  to  them  by  him  in 
the  month  of  January  previous. 

Sec.  629.     The  trustees  of  each  graded  school  district  hav-  Returns  by  certain 
ing  a  training  school  department  shall,  on  the  thirtieth  day  of  f^f  n"o!4M  3- 


182 


SCHOOL  DISTRICT  TAXES. 


[Title  10. 


June  in  each  year,  cause  to  be  made  to  the  state  superintend- 
ent a  complete  report  of  the  number  of  scholars  in  attendance 
in  the  training  school  department  during  the  year,  and  the 
number  of  certificates  granted  in  each  course  of  study,  with 
matters  pertaining  to  the  regulation  and  government  of  said 
training  school  department. 


Chapter  39. 


SCHOOL  TAXES  AND  SCHOOL  MONEYS. 


Section 

School  District  Taxes. 

630.  School,  how  to   be   supported;   list, 

how  constituted. 

631.  Committee  to  lay  tax ;  rate  bill,  war- 

rant. 

632.  Deduction  for  payment  before  day 

fixed. 

633.  District  may  exempt  poor  persons. 

634.  District  may  abate  taxes. 

635.  Board  of  abatement. 

636.  Powers  of  officers  in  collecting  tax. 

637.  Collector  to  pay  over  moneys,  and 

submit  tax-book  on  committee's 
request. 

638.  Committee  to  draw  orders. 

United  States  Deposit  Money. 

639.  State  treasurer  to  receive. 

640.  To  make  apportionment. 

641.  To  pay  town's  share  to  its  trustees. 

642.  Trustees  to  give  receipt;  to  manage 

and  report  condition  of  fund. 

643.  Trustee  to  give  bond;    if  he  fails, 

office  vacant. 

644.  Trustees  to  loan  moneys. 

645.  State  treasurer  to  retain  and  manage 

shares,  when. 

646.  Town  treasurer  to  give  credit  for  in- 

come received. 

647.  Income,  how  to  be  appropriated. 

648.  Towns  liable  to  return  moneys. 

640.  Penalty  on  towns  for  neglect  to  com- 
ply with  law. 


Section 

650.  Grand  jury  to  present. 

651.  Duty  of  state  treasurer  in  case  of 

moneys  loaned  by  predecessors. 

Town  School  Fund 

652.  Selectmen  to  manage  and  annually 

account  for. 

653.  Proceedings    relative    to,    to    be    in 

town's  name ;  duty  of  selectmen. 

654.  Tax-payer  may  take  acknowledgment 

of  or  witness  deeds  under  55.  652, 
653. 
65.5.  Securities  to  be  kept  by  treasurer, 
&c. 

Town  School  Taxes. 

656.  Towns  may  lay  tax  to  support  schools. 

657.  State  school-tax. 

658.  Penalty  for  neglect  to  lay  tax. 

659.  Disposition  of  penalty. 

660.  Grand  juries  to  inquire  and  present. 

Division  op  Public  Moneys. 

661.  Selectmen  to  divide. 

662.  Moneys,  how  divided. 

663.  District,  when  denied  share. 

664.  Montpelier  Union   District,  not   af- 

fected. 

665.  District,  when  denied  share. 

666.  Share  of  union  and  graded  school 

districts. 

667.  Share  of  fractional  districts. 

668.  Statement  as  to  division,  to  be  lodged 

with  town  clerk. 


School,  how  to  be  sup- 
ported  ;  district  list. 

1864,  No.  61;  G.S.22, 
$5  45,47,50;  1850, 
No.  44  ;  1849,  No.  16 ; 
R.  S.  18,  55  15,16,  18; 
1833,  No.  19,  52;  1827, 
No.  23,  5  11;  1824,  p. 
10,  §  2 ;  R.  1797,  pp. 
495,496,  $53,4;  1795, 
p.  9;  R.  1787,  p.  137. 

31  Vt.  337.  37  Vt.  196. 

32  Vt.  769.  43  Vt.  123. 

Committee  to  make 
rate  bill ;  warrant. 

G.  S.22,  5  47;  R.S. 
18,  5,  16 ;  1827,  No.  23, 
5  11;  R.  1797,  p.  495, 
53;  R.  1787,  p.  137. 
12  Vt.  472.  27Vt.221. 
23  Vt.  416.  32Vt.7G9. 


SCHOOL    DISTRICT    TAXES. 

Sec.  630.  All  expenses  incurred  by  a  school  district  for 
the  support  of  schools  in  excess  of  public  moneys  received  by 
the  district,  shall  be  defrayed  by  a  tax  upon  the  grand  list  of 
the  district,  which  list  shall  be  made  up  of  the  polls  of  inhabi- 
tants of  the  district,  of  the  real  estate  lying  in  the  district  and 
of  the  personal  estate  taxable  therein  ;  and  real  estate  shall  be 
taxed  for  school  purposes  only  in  the  district  in  which  it  is 
situated. 

Sec.  631.  The  prudential  committee  shall,  as  soon  after 
the  vote  of  the  district  for  that  purpose  as  the  circumstance  of 
the  case  may  require,  assess  a  tax  for  the  amount  voted  to  be 
raised,  upon  the  district  list,  and  make  out  a  rate  bill  of  the 
same ;  and  any  justice  of  a  county  in  which  the  whole  or  part 


Ciiai-.  89.]  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  TAXES.  183 

of  such  district  is  situated,  shall,  on  application,  make  out  a34Vt.94.  40Vt. 31. 
warrant,   directed   to    the    district   collector,   authorizing   and 34yt  156- 43  Vt-362- 
requiring  him  to  levy  and  collect  such  tax  within  the  time  lim- 
ited therein  and  pay  the  same  to  the  treasurer  of  the  district. 

Sec.  632.  A  district  may  by  vote,  at  the  meeting  at  which  Deduction  for  payment 
a  tax  is  voted,  direct  the  collector  toN  deduct  a  per  cent.,  to  be  i874*eNoy  i4*e  * 
fixed  by  said  vote,  from  the  tax  of  a  person  who  pays  his  tax 
before  a  day  fixed  by  said  vote.  Notice  of  the  time  and  place 
at  which  he  will  attend  to  receive  taxes  so  voted  and  allow 
such  deduction,  shall  be  posted  by  the  collector  in  three  public 
places  in  the  district  and  advertised  by  him  in  each  newspaper 
printed  in  the  district,  at  least  ten  days  before  the  time  named 
in  the  notice  ;  and  the  collector  shall  make  no  deduction  in 
favor  of  a  person  who  does  not  pay  his  tax  before  the  day  fixed. 

Sec.  633.     A  school  district  may,  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  District  may  exempt 
the  voters  present  at  a  meeting,  instruct  the  prudential  com-  g°°s".  22,  $  46 ;  1844, 
mittee  to  omit  in  making  up  the  tax-bill  for  the  support  ofNo-6, 
schools  the  names  of  such  persons  as  are  unable  to  pay  their 
proportion  of  such  tax. 

Sec.  634.     A  school  district  may,  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  May  abate  taxes, 
the  voters  present  at  a  meeting,  remit  or  make  abatement  on  a  18't  §'20;'  18°33,  No.  19, 
district  tax-bill  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  five  percent,  of  $ 3;  1827;  No.  23,  $  13. 
the  same. 

Sec.  635.  The  officers  of  a  school  district,  except  the  col-  Board  of  abatement, 
lector,  shall  constitute  a  board  for  the  abatement  of  school 
taxes,  and  as  such  shall  have  the  powers  which  the  board  for 
the  abatement  of  town  taxes  has  in  the  abatement  of  town 
taxes.  A  majority  of  such  officers  shall  constitute  a  quorum. 
The  prudential  committee,  when  requested  thereto  by  the  dis- 
trict collector,  shall  call  a  meeting  of  said  board  in  the  month 
of  March  in  each  year,  previous  to  the  annual  school  meeting, 
by  posting  notice  thereof  in  three  public  places  in  said  district 
at  least  five  days  before  such  meeting. 

Sec.  636.     The  district  collector  shall  proceed  in  the  same  Power  of  collector,  *c. 
manner  and  have  the  same  powers  in  levying  and  collecting  s.'fs.ff  rz.H) ?\m,' 
district  taxes,  as  town  collectors  in  levying  and  collecting  town  No-  23>  §{  n>  12;  R.' 
taxes,  and  shall  within  the  time  limited  collect  and  pay  the  1787^ pit 37.     '     ' 
same  to  the  district  treasurer ;  and  the  prudential  committee  16  Vt.  439. 
shall  have  the  same  authority  to  enforce  the  collection  and  pay- 
ment of  district  taxes  that  town  treasurers  have  to  enforce  the 
collection  and  payment  of  town  taxes. 

Sec.  637.  A  district  collector  shall,  on  the  written  request  collector  to  submit  tax- 
of  one  of  the  prudential  committee,  pay  to  the  district  treas-  1874' No.'  1" ™fX2,V. 
urer  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  district  collected  by  him  up 
to  that  time,  and  submit  his  tax-book  and  list  to  said  treasurer 
for  inspection  and  computation  ;  and  a  collector  neglecting  so 
to  do  shall,  for  every  ten  days'  neglect,  forfeit  to  the  district 
one  hundred  dollars,  to  be  recovered  in  an  action  on  this 
statute. 

Sec.  638.     The  prudential  committee  shall  draw  their  or- committee  to  draw 
ders  upon  the   district  treasurer  for  all   sums   clue  from  the  see,e^*27i3  to  2715. 

district.  G.  So 22   548;  1856, 

no.  38,  }  1. 


184  UNITED  STATES  DEPOSIT  MONEY.       [Title  10. 

UNITED    STATES    DEPOSIT    MONEY. 

Treasurer  to  receive.  Sec.  639.  The  treasurer  of  the  state  shall  receive  moneys 
18,  H?;'  is^V,  No.Si5,  belonging  to  the  United  States  to  be  deposited  with  this  state 
§  i-  and  give  a  certificate  of  deposit  for  the  same  according  to  law. 

Apportionment.  Sec.  640.     Such  moneys  shall  be  apportioned  to  the  several 

r".  s.  18,  ||  43)  44,45;  towns,  organized  and  unorganized,  and  to  the  gores,  in  propor- 
1836,  No.  15,  5,5,  3,  5.    tion  t0  the  number  of  inhabitants  in  each.     When  a  census  is 
taken  under  the  laws  of  congress  or  of  this  state  a  new  appor- 
tionment shall  be  made.     If  upon  such  new  apportionment  it 
appears  that  a  town  has  more  than  its  share,  the  treasurer  of 
the  state  shall  demand  and  recover  from  such  town  such  excess  ; 
and  if  a  town  has  less  than  its  share,  he  shall  make  up  the  defi- 
ciency to  such  town. 
Town's  share  to  be  paid      Sec.  641.     The  treasurer  of  the  state  shall  pay  over  to  the 
g.  si  22,8$e99;  R.  s.    trustees  of  the  public  money  in  each  town  which  has  elected 
18,  §  49 ;  1836,  No.  15,  sucn  trustees,   provided  such  trustees  have   executed  the  re- 
quired bond,  the   share  of  the   deposit  money  apportioned  to 
such  town. 
Trustees'  duty.  Sec.  642.     Such  trustees  shall  receive  such  town's  share 

1842,"  No.  13,  $'  1  -,  R.  of  the  deposit  money  and  shall  give  the  treasurer  of  the  state 
?o  W*  iliJ w  '  N-0,  a  receipt  therefor,  similar  to  that  given  by  said  treasurer  to  the 

12,  5,  3;  1836,  jSo.  15,  l  ^     .       JS    ,  »  . 

{3.  secretary  ot  the  treasury  ot  the  United  States  ;  and  said  trus- 

tees shall  manage  such  money  and  report  the  condition  of  the 
same  at  each  annual  town  meeting. 
G°sPwb"6,97S'98-i842       ^EC*  ^43.     Such  trustees  before  entering  upon  the  duties 
No.  13,  £2,  R.  s'.  18, "I  of  their  office,  shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  town  with  at  least 
48;  1836,  No.  15,  $  2.  three  sufficient  sureties  in  such  sum  as  the  selectmen  direct, 
conditioned  for  the   faithful   performance  of  their   duties    in 
loaning,  managing,  accounting  for,  and  paying  over  as  may  be 
required  by  law,  the  moneys  placed  in  their  charge  under  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter.     And  if  a  trustee  fails  to  execute 
such  bond  his  office  shall  be  vacant,  and  such  vacancy  may  be 
filled  as  in  other  cases  of  vacancies  in  town  offices. 
To  loan  moneys.  Sec.  644.     The  trustees  of  the  public  money  may  loan  the 

103, 105;  1842,  No. 25;  same  to  the  town,  if  the  town  at  a  meeting  warned  for  that 
1836  No  ^W52'54'  Pul'Pose  authorizes  the  selectmen  to  borrow  it.     If  the  money 
is  not  loaned  to  the  town,  the  trustees  shall  loan  the  same,  with 
sufficient  personal  security  or  on  mortgage,  as  they  may  deem 
safe,  made  payable  to  the  respective  towns,  at  an  interest  of  six 
per  cent,  annually.     Such  loans  shall  be  made  for  a  term  not 
exceeding  one  year ;  and  the  moneys  may  be  collected  at  the 
expiration  of  the  term  and  loaned  to  other  persons,  or  the  loan 
may  be  extended  to  the  same  persons  for  an  additional  period. 
The  trustees  shall  annually  previous  to  the  first  day  of  March 
pay  to  the  town   treasurer   the   income   received   from   such 
moneys, 
state  treasurer,  when        Sec.  645.     The  treasurer  of  the  state  shall  retain  the  share 
1865,  No.S3M  1 ;  g.    apportioned  to  towns  which  have  not  elected  trustees,  and  the 
No2233^i98449No!874f'  snares  of  unorganized  towns  and  gores,  and  shall  annually  pre- 
r.'s.  is,  547';  1836,'    vious  to  the  first  day  of  March  pay  to  the  treasurer  of  each 
No.  15,  { 8.  organized  town  not  electing  trustees,  and  to  the  treasurers  of 


Chap.  39.]  TOWN  SCHOOL  FUND.  185 

school  districts  in  unorganized  towns  and  gores  which  have 
maintained  schools  for  the  required  length  of  time  during  the 
previous  year,  the  interest  upon  the  shares  apportioned  to  such 
towns  and  gores.  And  he  shall  divide  the  interest  money  of 
each  unorganized  town  or  gore  among  the  school  districts 
therein  in  the  manner  provided  for  the  distribution  of  town 
school  moneys  among  the  several  districts  in  towns. 

Sec.  646.  The  treasurer  of  each  town  shall  give  credit  in  Town  treasurer  to  giro 
his  account  of  the  school  fund,  for  all  sums  received  by  him  as  ffitj  105;  R.  s. 
income  from  the  town  share  of  the  deposit  money.  18>  $ 54- 

Sec.  647.     The  income  from  the  deposit  money  received  J™p™'ted?w  t0  be  ap" 
by  each  town  shall  be  annually  appropriated  to  the  support  of  g.  s.  22, «« 104,  i06; 
schools  in  the  town.     But  if  a  town  has  other  school  funds  the  im6,'no.15,  §'§6,k 
income  of  which  is  sufficient  to  support  schools  in  all  the  dis- 
tricts in  such  town  for  six  months  in  each  year,  such  town  may 
appropriate  the  income  received  from  its  share  of  such  money 
to  the  support  of  schools  or  to  any  purpose. 

Sec.  648.     Towns  which  have  received  their  portion  of  the  Town  liable  to  return 
deposit  money  shall  be  accountable  for  the  return  of  the  same,  g°s?22,  s  ioo;  n.  s. 
or  any  part  thereof,  when  required  by  the  treasurer  of  the  state  *8>  $  5°;  i836> No- 15> 
on  requisition  of  the  United  States  or  for  the  purpose  of  a  new 
apportionment,  as  towns  are  accountable  for  state  taxes. 

Sec.  649.     If  a  town  fails  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  Penalty  for  neglect  to 

...  ,      .  ,.  l    J  ,F  ...  j,  comply  with  law. 

this  chapter   relative   to    the    management    or    disposition    ot  g.  s.  22,  §  107 ;  R.  s. 
United  States  moneys  received  by  such  town,  it  shall  forfeit  fj}56''  1836»No-15- 
to  the  treasurer  of  the  county,  for  the  use  of  such  county,  a 
sum  not  exceeding  double  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  such 
moneys. 

Sec.  650.     The  grand  jury  shall  inquire  how  the  towns  have  Hrand  jury  to  present, 
managed  and  disposed  of  the  moneys  so  deposited  with  them,  is,  $'57 ;' 1836,  No.  15, 
and  the  annual  interest  thereof;  and  if  a  town  has  not  complied  $  7. 
with  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  relative   to   such  deposit 
money  they  shall  present  to  the  court  their  indictment  therefor 
against  such  town  ;  and  notice  thereof  shall  be  given  to  such 
town  as  is  required  in  case  of  indictment  for  not  repairing 
highways. 

Sec.  651.     The  treasurer  of  the  state,  in  the  collection  of  »nty  of  state  treasurer, 
the  United  States  deposit  money  loaned  by  former  treasurers,       ' 
shall  adjust  and  settle  the  same  as  is  for  the  interest  of  the 
state. 

TOWN    SCHOOL    FUND. 

Sec.  652.     The  selectmen  of  a  town  shall  have  charge  of  selectmen  to  manage. 

, .  ,  -,  ,  .  .    ,  .    ,      .  °-       ,  and  annually  account 

the  real  and  personal  estate  in  such  town  appropriated  as  a  fund  for. 
to  the  use  of  schools  therein,  unless  otherwise  provided  for  by  s^i.^'s^R.i^is,  f 
law,  or  unless  the  person  giving  any  part  thereof  directs  the  27;  1827,  No.  23,  §3.' 
same  to  be  managed  in  some  other  way,  and  shall  annually  ren-  38  vt* 193- 
der  an  account  to  the  town  of  their  proceedings  in  connection 
therewith  ;  and  the  selectmen  shall  lease  lands  appropriated  for 
such  purpose,  and  loan  moneys  on  annual  or  semi-annual  inter- 
est, with  sufficient  security,  and  for  such   security  may  take 
mortgages  or  deeds  of  any  real  estate  in  the  state. 


18G  TOWN  SCHOOL  TAXES.  [Title  10. 

Proceeding  as  to,  to  be      Sec.  653.     The  securities  for  the  payment  of  the  moneys 

in  towns  name ;  duty  i      H    i  i  •  i 

or  selectmen.  so  loaned  and  the  interest  thereon,  shall  be  taken  in  the  name 

s.22,  $78;  R.  s.  18,'  OI>  the  town,  and  the  selectmen  may,  in  the  name  of  the  town, 
S  27.  prosecute  and  defend  actions  for  the  recovery  or  protection  of 

the  estate  so  intrusted  to  their  care  ;  and  if  the  title  or  posses- 
sion of  real  estate  mortgaged  or  deeded  as  security  is  recov- 
ered in  such  action,  the  selectmen  may,  in  the  name  of  the 
town,  lease  or  sell  and  convey  such  real  estate,  and  invest  the 
moneys  received  therefrom  as  provided  in  the  preceding  sec- 
tion. 
Tax.payer  may  take  ac      gEC#  654.     A  person  authorized   to  take  the  acknowdedg- 

knowledgmcntofdeed,  n  -,  i  iit  /»  -i        -i 

*c.  ment  of  deeds  may  take  the   acknowledgment  of  a  deed  pro- 

*.      vided  for  in  the  two  preceding  sections  or  may  sign  such  deed 

as  witness  although  he  is  an  inhabitant  and  tax-payer  of  the 

town, 
securities  to  be  kept  by      gEC>  655.     The  securities  belonging  to  the  town  school  fund 

treasurer,  &c.  o      o 

a.  s.  22,  $  79;  r.  s.  shall  be  deposited  in  the  office  of  the  treasurer  of  the  town  ;  and 
moneys  received  on  account  of  the  same,  shall  be  paid  into 
such  treasury  ;  and  a  separate  account  of  the  same  shall  be  kept 
on  the  books  of  the  treasurer. 

TOWN    SCHOOL    TAXES. 

Town  may  lay  tax  to  Sec.  656.     A  town  may  at  the  annual  town  meeting,  or  at 

support  schools.  .  ,    „        ,.      ,   *'  .  /•         .1  c 

g.  s.22,  $  82;  1842,    a  meeting  warned  tor  that  purpose,  raise  money  tor  the  use  of 

fsiAV^No^l'^^l'-  scri00lsJ  oy  a  tax  on  the  list  of  such  town. 

E.  1797,  p.  497,  $7. 

state  school-tax.  Sec.  657.     If  in  any  year  the  income  appropriated  for  the 

1  Q7H    "TVr\     1  ft     rS   ft  •  i1"*     Q  «/*/  l.    I.  I 

22,  §'$80,' 8i',  82;' 1842,' llse  of  schools  in  a  town  with  any  tax  voted  by  the  town,  after 
No.  20;  R.s.  18,  §§29,  deducting  one-half  the  income  of  the  United  States  deposit 

30  31  •  1827  No  23 

§§9,22;  1826,  No. 44;  money,  amounts  to  a  less  sum  than  nine  per  cent,  of  the  grand 
1826, No. 43  §i ;  1824,  yls^  ()f  ^}ie  town,  the  selectmen  shall,  previous  to  the  first  day 

p.  10,  $  1;  1810,  p.  lo3.  _  '  ,  '■£.  „  ,         <f 

12  vt.  127.  38  vt.  221.  OI  January,  assess  a  tax  on  the  grand  list,  to  be  collected  and 

13  vt.  565.  paid  into  the  treasury  before  the  first  day  of  the  succeeding 

March,  for  such  amount  as  such  sum  is  less  than  such  nine  per 
cent.,  for  the  use  of  schools  in  the  town.  But  this  section 
shall  not  apply  to  towns  using  the  town  system  of  schools. 
Penalty  for  neglect  to  Sec.  658.  If  the  selectmen  of  a  town  do  not  assess,  col- 
Iff  s?22,  §  87;  r.  s.  lect,  or  appropriate  the  tax  for  the  support  of  schools  as  pro- 
'V-3^!827!?0^23'  v*ded  in  this  chapter,  the  town  shall  forfeit  to  the  county  a  sum 
i82i'  p.  9o',  f  l.  '  '  equal  to  double  the  amount  which  the  selectmen  are  required  to 
13  vt.  565.  raise  by  tax,  to  be  recovered  by  information  or  indictment  in 

the  county  court. 
Disposal  of  penalty.  Sec.  659.     One-fourth  of  such  penalty  shall  be  for  the  use 

rs'.l'ss2;  1827',  No.S23,  OI"  the  county,  and  three-fourths  shall  be  paid  to  the  selectmen 
§18;  1821,  p.  90,  §  l.   for  the  use  of  schools  in  such  town;  and  the  treasurer  of  the 
county,  immediately  after  the  receipt  of  such  money,  shall  give 
notice  thereof  to  the   selectmen  of  the  town,  who  shall  forth- 
with receive,  apportion,  and  appropriate  the  same  to  the  sup- 
port of  schools  in  such  town,  as  if  it  had  been  raised  by  tax. 
Grand  jury  to  present.      Sec.  660.     Grand    juries    shall    annually  inquire   whether 
18,  §#36;  1827,  No.  23,  towns  in  their  counties  have  assessed,  collected,  and  expended 
§  18;  1821,  p.  90,  §  i.  the  tax  for  the  support  of  schools,  as  required  in  this  chapter  ; 


Chap.  30.]  DIVISION  OF  PUBLIC  MONEYS.  '  187 

and  in  case  of  neglect  they  shall  present  their  indictment  thereof 
to  the  court. 

DIVISION    OF    PUBLIC   MONEYS. 

Sec.  661 .  The  selectmen  of  each  town  shall,  on  the  Friday  iScJn^w,??^, 
next  preceding  the  last  Tuesday  of  March,  divide  the  school  No.  51;  1874,  No.  40, 
monevs  in  the  treasury  of  such  town  among  the  school  districts  isei  No 'sq^'g'^  ii 
in  such  tow,,.  fig  ||».  no.^; 

No.  23,  $  9. 

Sec.  662.     If  the  amount  of  such  moneys  does  not  exceed  Money*,  how  divided. ^ 
twelve   hundred  dollars,  one-half  thereof,   and  if  it  exceeds  n0.  si .  1874;  No.  40J 
twelve  hundred  dollars,  one-third  thereof  shall  he  divided  among  i1 s  1^%N^;  9,'3.} ; 
the  common  school  districts  in  such  town  equally,  except  asNo5;i8aN(>uV; 
otherwise  provided  in  the  case  of  districts  only  partially  situated  ^  s- 18:  |3'2^  18„29'> 
in  the  town.     The  remainder  of  such  moneys  shall  lie  divided  pp.493,  497.  W  1,7;' 
among  the  districts  in  the  town,  including  union  districts,  in  17^7'  p'  136^ 3'  R" 
proportion  to  the  aggregate  attendance  of  scholars  between  the 
ages  of  five  and  twenty  years  upon  the  schools  of  the  district 
during  the  preceding  school  year,  except  as  otherwise  provided 
in  the  case  of  districts  only  partially  situated  in  the  town  ;  such 
aggregate  attendance  to  be  ascertained  from  the  records  thereof 
kept  in  the  registers  of  such  schools,  by  adding  together  the 
number  of  days  of  actual  attendance  of  each  scholar  between 
the  ages  of  five  and  twenty  years. 

Sec.  663.     The  moneys  shall  be  paid  over,  under  the  direc-  District,  when  denied 
tion  of  the  selectmen,  to  the  several  treasurers  of  such  districts  :  iJJIo'no.  94  s  7  •  1S74 
but  no  union  or  other  district  shall  receive  any  of  such  moneys  No. 40,  si;  1866,  No. 
unless  a  school  has  been  kept  in  such  district  during  the  year  im&,No.-'i5,'$:J;i1  s' 
next  preceding  such  distribution,  for  two  full  terms  of  ten  wTeeks  18>  J |2;  js-~-  No-  23. 
each,  or  their  equivalent,  nor  unless  the  registers  of  such  dis-7;  r.  1737,  p.'W' 
trict  for  such  year  contain  the  certificate  of  the  town  super- 
intendent that  a  school  has  been  maintained  in  such  district  for 
the  required  length  of  time  by  a  properly  licensed  teacher,  and 
that  the  registers  have  been  filled  out  in  compliance  writh  law. 

Sec.  664.  Nothing  in  the  three  preceding  sections  shall  Jg|JgJ:erdutr,et» not 
affect  the  Montpelier  union  district.  1880,  No.  94.  $  8 ;  1876, 

No.  51 ;  1874,  No.  40, 
6  1 ;  1866,  No.  9,  S  1  j 
G.  S.  22,  §83;  i860, 
No.  0. 

Sec.  665.  No  public  money  of  any  town  shall  be  distributed  JJIJJ"*' when  ,,enie<1 
to  any  school  district  for  attendance  of  scholars  at  any  school  1880,  No.  100. 
taught  by  a  teacher  who  has  not  the  certificate  required  bylaw, 
except  for  attendance  at  an  academy  in  certain  cases,  as  now 
provided  for  by  law,  nor  to  any  school  district  whose  school 
register  does  not  contain  the  certificate  of  the  town  superintend- 
ent as  required  by  law7. 

Sec.  G6G.     Union  or  graded  schools  formed  in  pursuance  of  share  of  union  and 

,  ,  ,,  •  1  •    1     j.,  i  j  i     n  praded  school  districts. 

law,  when  the  town  in  which  they  are  located  so  votes,  shall  isgs,  No. 33,  J 1. 
receive  the  same  amount  of  that  portion  of  the  public  school 
money  which  is  distributed  equally  between  the  districts  as 
the  districts  forming  such  graded  or  union  districts  would  have 
received. 

Sec.  667.     When  a  district  is   formed  of  parts   of  two  or  share  of  fractional  dis- 

trict. 


188 


COMPULSORY  ATTENDANCE. 


[Title  10. 


1874,  No.  40,  $  2-,  i860,  more  towns,  such  district  shall  receive  from  the  treasury  of  each 
86°;' Ri  8. 18,  f 33;  '  *  town  a  proportion  of  the  moneys  so  distributed,  as  follows  : 
1827,  No.  23,'$  8; '  I.     Of  that  part  which  is   divided   equally  among  the  dis- 

1808  v)   ^5   i  ii  ~ 

tricts,  a  sum  bearing  the  proportion  to  the  sum  severally 
received  by  the  other  districts  in  su<  h  town,  which  the  number 
of  children  in  such  district,  residing  in  such  town,  bears  to  the 
whole  number  of  children  in  such  district. 

II.  Of  that  part  which  is  divided  among  the  districts  in 
proportion  to  the  aggregate  attendance  of  scholars,  a  sum 
bearing  the  proportion  to  the  whole  sum  to  be  divided  in  such 
town  which  the  aggregate  attendance  of  the  whole  number  of 
children  in  such  district,  residing  in  such  town,  bears  to  the 
aggregate  attendance  of  the  whole  number  of  children  in  such 
towm. 
statement  to  be  lodged      Sec.  668.     The  selectmen  in  the  month  of  April  annually, 

with  clerk 

G.  s.  22,'$  85;  1847,  after  they  have  made  division  of  the  public  moneys,  shall  lodge 

No.  24,  j  4.  with  the  town  clerk    a  written    statement  of  the   amount    of 

money  divided  to  each  district  during  the  current  school  year. 


Chapter  40. 


COMPULSORY  ATTENDANCE;  GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 


Section 

669.  What  children  shall  attend   school ; 

penalty  for  permitting  non-attend- 
ance. 

670.  Penalty  against    children    violating 

this  law. 

671.  Prosecution  of  parent,  guardian  or 

master. 

672.  Complaint,   what  it  shall  state ;  ap- 

peal. 

673.  Certain  children  not  to  be  employed 

in  mills  or  factories;  penalty  for 
employing. 


Section 

674.  No  taxation  for  sectarian  schools. 

675.  Persons  under  five  years  of  age  shall 

not  attend  public  schools. 

676.  Use  of  school-house  for  certain  pur- 

poses. 

677.  School  year,  day,  week  and  month. 

678.  Evening  schools. 

679.  Tax  to  be  assessed  to  pay  execution 

against  district. 


What  children  shall  c» 
tend  school ;  penalty 
for  permitting  non-at 
tendance. 

1867,  No.  35,  $$  1,3. 


Sec.  669.  Every  child  of  good  health  and  sound  mind, 
between  eight  and  fourteen  years  of  age,  shall  attend  a  public 
school  at  least  three  months  in  the  year,  unless  such  child  has 
been  otherwise  furnished  with  the  means  of  education  for  a  like 
period  of  time,  or  has  already  acquired  the  branches  of  study 
taught  in  the  public  schools  ;  and  a  parent,  master  or  guardian 
who  permits  his  child,  apprentice  or  ward  to  violate  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section,  shall  be  prosecuted  and  fined  as  provided 
in  section  five  hundred  eighty-six  [§  673]. 

Sec.  670.  A  member  of  the  prudential  committee  of  a 
chudren  violating  this  fi^^  or  a  sheriff,  deputy  sheriff  or  constable  of  a  town  in 
1870,  No.  13, }  l.  which  the  district  is  located,  may  arrest,  and  shall  arrest  upon 
application  of  three  voters  of  the  district,  any  child  who  is 
violating  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section  and  who, 
during  a  term  of  the  public  school  in  the  district  in  which  he 
resides,  is  habitually  found  in  the  streets  or  other  public  place. 


Proceedings  against 


Chap.  40.]  GENERAL  PROVISIONS.  189 

having  no  lawful  occupation,  or  who  is  an  habitual  truant ;  and 
shall  take  him  to  the  school  in  said  district  and  place  him  in 
charge  of  the  teacher  thereof;  and  shall  give  notice  thereof  in 
writing  to,  and  shall  therein  require  the  parent,  guardian  or 
master  to  cause  the  child  to  attend  school  regularly. 

Sec.  671.  If  such  parent,  guardian  or  master  does  not  Prosecution  of  parent, 
cause  such  child  to  attend  school  regularly  for  six  days  after  faro,  No.  13,  $  2. 
receiving  such  notice,  having  no  good  reason  therefor,  the 
officer  making  the  arrest  shall  make  complaint  to  a  justice,  and 
such  justice  shall  issue  a  warrant  directed  to  any  sheriff  or 
constable  in  the  state,  commanding  him  forthwith  to  arrest 
and  bring  before  said  justice,  such  parent,  guardian  or  master, 
and  such  child  ;  and  upon  proof  that  the  child  was  liable  to 
arrest  as  provided  in  the  preceding  section  and  that  the  parent, 
guardian  or  master  has  received  and  not  complied  with  the 
notice  and  requirement  before  specified,  the  justice  shall  fine 
such  parent,  guardian  or  master  not  less  than  ten  nor  more 
than  twenty  dollars,  which  shall  be  paid  into  the  treasury  of 
the  town  for  the  benefit  of  schools  in  such  town. 

Sec.   672.     The    complaint   shall    be   sufficient  if  it  states  complaint 1  appeal. 
that  said  parent,  master  or  guardian  neglects  to  send  to  school        '    °*     '  *' 
as  required  by  law,  his  child,  apprentice  or  ward,  naming  such 
child,  apprentice  or  ward  ;  and  prosecutions  under  such  com- 
plaint shall    be  conducted  like  criminal  prosecutions,  and  an 
appeal  may  in  like  manner  be  had  to  the  county  court. 

GENERAL    PROVISIONS. 

Sec.  673.     No  child  between  ten    and   fourteen  years   of  Employing  children  in 

age,  who  has  resided  in  the  state  one  year,  shall  be  employed  "ity.°r  acor>:  ,,en" 
in  a  mill  or  factory  unless  such  child  has  attended  a  public  l867.  No.  3d,  ${2,3. 
school  three  months  during  the  preceding  year.  A  person 
who  employs  a  child  in  violation  of  this  section  shall  forfeit 
not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars,  to  be  recov- 
ered by  prosecution  before  a  justice,  one-half  to  go  to  the 
complainant  and  one-half  to  the  town  in  which  the  child 
resides. 

Sec.  674.     No  moneys  raised  upon  the  grand  list  shall  be  >*<>  taxation  for  sec 
appropriated  for  the   maintenance   of  strictly  sectarian  or  re-  i^"^^""^' 
ligious  schools. 

Sec.  675.     No   person   under   five  years   of  age    shall   be  Honwii  under  Ave. 
received  as  a  pupil  in  a  public  school.  187">  No-  n>  J 3- 

Sec.  676.     A   school   district   may   allow   the  use  of  the  use  of  school-house, 
school-house  of  such  district  for  meetings  for  religious  wor-  1872,  No' 10- 
ship,    lectures,    and    similar  purposes,   when   not   needed  for 
school  purposes. 

Sec.  677.     The  school  year  shall  commence  on  the  first  day  school  year,  day,  week 
of  April,  and  end  on  the  last  day  of  March  following.     In  the  ist^n""  16  •,  g.  s.  22, 
absence  of  express  contract,  a  session  of  three  hours  in  the  $38»  1847,  No.  24,  $1. 
forenoon  and  three  in  the  afternoon  shall   constitute  a  school 
day,  five   such  days  a  school  week,   and  four  such  weeks  a 
school  month. 


190 


INSTRUCTION  OF  THE  DEAF,   &C.        [Title  10. 


Kyp nin*  schoo  s.  SEc.  678.     A  district  may,  at  a  meeting,  vote  to  establish 

18,4,  No.  37,  $  2.  .  »,        i  -,  *    .    .    .       .,  '  ,  ,        , 

evening  schools,  and  may  maintain  the  same  as  day  schools 
arc  maintained  ;  and  each  session  of  such  evening  schools  shall 
be  treated  as  a  half-day  session  of  a  public  school. 

Sec.   679.     When  demand  is  made  upon  a  school  district 
for  the  payment  of  an  execution  issued  against  it,  and  the  dis- 
'•    '  ,v'    ■  trict  has   no   available  funds  to  pay  the  same,  the  prudential 

committee  shall  forthwith  assess  .and  collect  a  tax  sufficient  to 
pay  the  same  and  the  charges  and  twelve  per  cent,  interest,  in 
the  same  manner  as  a  tax  voted  by  the  district  is  assessed  and 
collected. 


Tax  to  pay  execution, 

G.  S.  85,  §  14;  It.  S 
T8,  J 11 5  R.  1797,  p. 


Chapter  41. 


INSTRUCTION    OF 


THE    DEAF,    DUMB,    BLIND,    IDIOTIC    AND 
FEEBLE-MINDED. 


Section 

680.  Commission  and  board  of  instruc- 
tion. 

6S1.  Report  of  commissioner ;  compensa- 
tion. 

682.  Annual  appropriations. 

683.  Places  of  instruction. 

684.  Board  of  civil  authority   to   certify 

statistics  to  county  clerk. 


Section 

685.  County  clerk  to  make  returns  to  the 

governor." 

686.  Powers  of  commissioner. 

687.  Selectmen    to  execute  bond  of  in- 

demnity against  certain  expenses. 

688.  Town  to  defray  expenses  of  convey- 

ance. 


commissioner.  Sec  680.     The  governor  shall  be  by  virtue  of  his  office 

{ l;  1842',  No.  lb, }  l;  commissioner  of  the  deaf,  dumb  and  blind,  and  of  the  idiotic 
R.  s.  19,  s  l ;  1833  im&  feeble-minded  children  of  indigent  parents,  and  as  such 
31° §  2.'  commissioner  shall  constitute  the  board  for  their  instruction. 

Report?  compensation.  Sec  681.  He  shall  annually  report  to  the  legislature  his 
23,1*  8?*9-  I8ii,  No.  proceedings  under  this  chapter  with  an  account  of  the  expendi- 
15,  §  2;  1842,  No.  16,  turcs  arising  therefrom,  and  shall  receive  fifty  dollars  annually 
8;  1826,  No.  62;' 1825,  for  his  services  as  such  commissioner. 

No.  31, '§2. 

Appropriations.  Sec.  682.     A  sum  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars  is 

lAlsd  lNo.'l2-  annually  appropriated,  for  the  benefit  of  the  deaf  and  dumb, 


and  a  sum  not  exceeding  four  thousand  dollars  for  the  benefit 


19, 

G.  S.  23,  8  2  ;  1861, 

1833,  N;o.2i8^i;'i830,  of  the  blind,  and  a  sum  not  exceeding  two  thousand  dollars 
No.  27;  1825,  No.  31,  for  {ne  benefit  of  the  idiotic  and  feeble-minded  children  of  in- 
digent parents,  to  be  used  agreeably  to  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter. 
Places  of  instruction.        Sec.  683.     Until  provision  is  otherwise  made  by  law  the 
No24?-°'guI  23 Tl1  beneficiaries  mentioned  in  this  chapter  shall  be  instructed  at 
R.  s.  19,  $  3 ;  1833,    'the  following  places:   the    deaf  and   dumb    at   the  American 
No.^2i,$2;  1825,  No.  Asylmn  for  the  education  of  the  deaf  and  dumb  at  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  or  the  Clarke  Institution  at  Northampton,  Massa- 
chusetts ;  the  blind  at  the  New  England  institution  for  the  in- 
struction of  the  blind  at  Boston,  Massachusetts  ;  and  the  idi- 
otic and  feeble-minded  children  at  the  Massachusetts   school 
for  idiotic  and  feeble-minded  youth,  at  Boston, 
statistics  certified  to        Sec.  684.     The  board  of  civil  authority  in  each  town  shall 
i872!yNCo?ik9,  §8;  G.    ascertain,  and  certify  to  the  county  clerk  on  or  before  the  first 


Chap.  41.]       INSTRUCTION  OF  THE  DEAF,   &C.  191 

day  of  February  annually,  the  number  of  deaf  and  dumb  per-  s.23,  §4;  i84i,No. 
sons  and  the  number  of  blind  persons  in  such  town,  their  ages,  f833,No.2i,§3;'i82.5, 
conditions  and  circumstances,  and  the  ability  of  their   parents  No.  31,  { 3. 
to   educate  them,  the   names  of  all  idiotic  and  feeble-minded 
children  between  the  ages  of  live  and  fourteen  years   residing 
in   such  town  and  the  pecuniary  ability  and  circumstances  of 
their   parents    or   the    persons    bound   to    support    them,  and 
whether  in  the  opinion  of  such  board  the  persons  enumerated 
and  named  are  proper  subjects  of  the  charity  of  the  state,  and 
whether  they  and  their  parents  or  guardians  are  willing  they 
should  become  beneficiaries  of  either  of  the  institutions  men- 
tioned in  the  preceding  section,  or  such  other  institution  as  is 
provided  by  law  for  the  instruction  of  such  persons. 

Sec.  685.  Each  county  clerk  shall  make  return  to  the  gov-  county  clerk  to  make 
ernor,  before  the  first  day  of  March  in  each  year,  of  the  infor-  i87^"no.  19,  $  4;  G- 
mation  he  receives  from  the  several  boards  of  civil  authority  in  s.  23  §  5;  J^No. 

his  COUnty.  1833,  No.21,§3;l82o, 

No.  31,  §3. 

Sec.  686.     The    governor   may  designate    beneficiaries,  as  Powers  of  comnns. 
aforesaid,  may  direct  the  auditor  of  accounts  to  draw  orders  on  is^'no.  19,^5;  g. 
the   treasury  for  any  part  of  the  appropriations  provided  in  £g^\HL\]w    <£ 
section  five  hundred  ninety-five  [§  682]  ;  may  superintend  and  S4*;^.  8.19, '66;  1838, 
direct  all  concerns  relating  to  the  education  of  deaf,  dumb,  fl°\I\'  ^2;  i82o,No- 
blind,  idiotic,  or  feeble-minded  persons,  inhabitants  of  the  state, 
and  may  allow  all  or  any  portion  of  the  expenses  of  their  con- 
veyance to,  and  support  in,  the  institutions  in  which  they  are 
instructed  for  such  time  as  he  deems  proper ;  and  he  may  in 
his  discretion  take   bonds  to  indemnify  the   state  against  ex- 
penses which  accrue  in  consequence  of  the  sickness,  clothing, 
or  transportation  of  any  beneficiary. 

Sec.  687.  The  selectmen  of  the  several  towns  in  this  state  Bond  of  indemnity, 
are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  execute  in  their  ofli-  1880'  No' 124, 
cial  capacity  in  behalf  of  their  respective  towns,  without  a 
previous  vote  of  said  town  for  that  purpose,  the  bond  which 
may  be  required  to  be  given  by  the  town  to  indemnify  the  state 
against  expenses  which  may  accrue  in  consequence  of  the  sick- 
ness, clothing  or  transportation  of  the  deaf,  dumb  and  blind 
state  beneficiaries  from  such  town. 

Sec.  688.     When  a  person  is  designated  a  beneficiary,  the  Expenses  of  convey, 
town  in  which  he  resides  shall  defray  the  expenses  of  his  con-  "fll  No.  19,  { 6 ;  G.  s. 
veyance   to   and   from   the   institution   in  which   he    is  to  be  23>  $7;  1858,  No.  3. 
instructed  if  in  the  opinion   of  the  selectmen  his  parent  or 
guardian  is  not  able  to  pay  the  same. 


TJHI7BRSIT7] 


PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 


COMPENSATION    OF    TOWN    SUPERINTENDENT. 


school  superintendent.  Sec  4540.  Each  town  superintendent  of  sshools  shall 
receive  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  for  each  day  necessarily  spent 
in  the  discharge  of  his  legal  duties  ;  but  such  number  of  days 
spent  in  the  visitation  of  schools  shall  not  exceed  in  any  case 
the  number  of  terms  of  schools  taught  in  the  town  of  which  he 
is  superintendent.  He  shall  also  be  allowed  the  sum  of  one 
dollar  and  fifty  cents  for  each  day  necessarily  spent  in  making 
his  annual  report  to  the  state  superintendent  of  education,  and 
in  making  his  annual  report  to  the  town  meeting,  provided 
such  report  is  either  written  or  printed,  and  ten  cents  per  mile 
one  way  for  necessary  travel  in  attending  the  annual  county 
meeting  of  town  superintendents,  as  now  provided  by  law. 

Town  may  vote  snperin.      Sec.  4541.     A   town   may  at   its  animal  meeting  or  at  a 

tendent  more  pay.  ..  i     .l*  ai  j.  •*. 

1865,  No.  29.  meeting   warned    tor   that   purpose  vote   to   pay  its  superin- 

tendent out  of  the  town  treasury  such  sum  in  addition  to  the 
pay  provided  by  law  for  his  services  as  appears  reasonable. 


INDEX. 


INDEX. 


A. 

ABATEMENT  of  school  district  taxes,  §§  634,  G35. 
ACADEMIES,  trustees  of,  to  return  statistics,  §  628. 

district  may  contract  for  instruction  of  scholars  at,  &c,  §§  568-570. 
ACCOUNTS,  town  superintendent's,  §§  460,  461. 

AGE,  children  under  certain,  not  to  be  admitted  to  public  school,  §  675. 
APPROPRIATION'S  to  normal  schools,  §§  472,  473. 

payment  of,  conditioned,  §§  465,  471,  473. 
ARREST,  of  child  not  attending  school,  §  670. 

ATTENDANCE,  compulsory, "upon  school,  provisions  as  to,  §§  669-672. 
AUDITORS,  of  school  district,  §§  508,  514. 

B. 

BLANKS,  state  superintendent  to  furnish,  §  453. 
BLIND,  provision  for  the  instruction  of,  §  6S0,  et  seq. 
BOARD,  county  examining,  §§  477-484. 

normal  school  examining,  §  466. 
BONDS,  of  school  district  collector,  §§  511,  512. 

of  trustees  of  public  money,  §  643. 
BOOKS,  school  text-books,  §§  609-615.     (See  Text-books.) 

c. 

CERTIFICATES,  of  graduation  from  normal  schools,  granting  of,  §  466. 
of  gi'aduation  from  normal  school,  effect  of,  §  475. 
of  graduation  from  training  school,  §  475. 
teachers'  certificates : 

state  certificates,  §§  475,  476. 
county  certificates,  §§  479-483. 
town  certificates,  blanks  for,  §  453. 

examinations  for,  §  487 ;  issuing  of,  §  488. 
how  long  in  force,  §  491. 

of  whom  obtained  when  no  town  superintendent,  §  489. 
of  whom  town  superintendent  may  obtain  one,  §  490. 
list  of,  granted,  to  be  lodged  in  clerk's  office,  §  492. 
in  general,  §§  493-498. 

teachers  to  submit,  to  town  superintendent,  §  493. 
teachers  must  have,  or  contract  void;  exception,  §§  494,  496. 
may  be  revoked  or  annulled,  §  497. 

committee  liable  for  moneys  paid  to  teacher  without,  §  495. 
if  teacher  without,  district  may  not  share  in  public  moneys,  §  665. 
CHILDREN,  required  to  attend  school,  unless,  §§  669-672. 
under  certain  age,  not  to  be  admitted  to  public  school,  §  675. 


INDEX. 

CLERK,  of  school  district,  election  of,  §  508 ;  of  union  district,  §  576. 

to   give  notice  of  election  or  appointment  and  number  of  district  to  town 
clerk,  §  517. 
neglecting,  to  receive  no  compensation,  §  517. 

to  be  member  of  board  for  abatement  of  taxes,  §  G35. 

office  of,  may  be  vacated  if  district  fails  to  provide  school,  §  5G1. 

vacancies  in  office  of,  how  filled,  §  518. 

to  warn  meetings,  §  519. 

to  record  proceedings  of  meeting  and  certify  same,  §  517. 
penalty  for  neglect,  §  517. 

to  record  proceedings  and  returns  of  selectmen,  when,  §§  528,  533. 

to  record  proceedings  of  judge  locating  school  house,  §  533. 

in  absence  of,  committee  to  perform  duties  of,  §§  516,  519. 
liability  of,  for  neglect  in  certain  cases,  §§  517,  520. 

to  procure  register  of  town  superintendent,  §  619. 

to  certify  whether  teacher  has  properly  filled  out  register,  §  621. 

to  fill  out  blanks  and  return  register,  §  622. 

of  fractional  district,  duty  of,  as  to  making  returns,  §§  624,  625. 

may  apply  to  judges  when  divided  district  fails  to  agree  as  to  distribution  of 
district  property,  §  549. 

to  be  elected  by  town  at  meeting  abolishing  town  system,  §  608. 
duties  of  clerk  so  elected,  §  608. 

school  directors  under  town  system  to  have  duties  of,  §  597.  , 

COLLECTOR,  of  school  district  taxes;  election,  term  of  office,  §  508. 

of  union  districts,  §  576. 

town  collector  may  be,  §  510. 

office  of  may  be  vacated  if  district  fails  to  provide  school,  §  561. 

bond  of,  §  511. 

neglecting  to  give  bonds  or  perform  duties,  office  vacant,  §  512. 

vacancies  in  office  of,  how  filled,  §  518. 

general  powers  and  duties,  §  636. 

meeting  of  board  of  abatement  of  taxes,  to  be  called  on  request  of,  §  635. 

town  collector  to  collect  tax  assessed  by  selectmen  in  certain  cases,  §§  531,  561. 
COMMITTEE.     (See  Prudential  Committee.) 

COMPENSATION  of  town  superintendent,  §§  4540,  4541 ;  town  to  pay,  §  460. 
COMPULSORY  attendance,  §§  669-672. 
CORPORATION,  school  district  to  be,  §  507. 

union  district  to  be,  §  573. 
COUNTY  EXAMINING  BOARD,  §§  477-484. 
COURSES  of  study  in  normal  schools,  §§  464,  465. 

in  training  school  departments  of  graded  schools,  §  474. 

D. 

DAY,  school  day,  §  677. 

DEAF,  provisions  for  instruction  of,  §  680,  et  seq. 

DEBTS,  due  to  and  from  districts  not  affected  by  alterations  in  district,  §  557. 

DEDUCTION,  for  payment  of  school  district  tax  before  day  fixed,  §  632. 

DEPOSIT  MONEYS,  U.  S.,  apportionment  of,  §  640. 

treasurer  to  pay  over  shares  to  towns  electing  trustees,  §  641. 
to  retain  and  manage  shares,  when,  §  645. 

duties  in  collection  of  moneys  loaned  by  former  treasurer,  §  651. 
trustees  to  receive,  manage  and  report,  §  642. 
trustees  to  give  bond  for  faithful  management  of,  &c. ,  §  643. 

office  vacant  if  not  given,  §  643. 
loans  of,  regulated ;  income  to  be  paid  to  town  treasurer,  §  644. 
town  treasurer's  duty  as  to,  §  646. 


indp:x. 

DEPOSIT  MONEYS,  U.  S.  —  continued. 

income  from  to  be  appropriated  to  schools,  except,  §  647. 

towns  liable  to  return,  §  648. 

towns  how  liable  for  misappropriation  of,  §§  6^9,  650. 

division  of  income  of,  §  661  et  seq. 
DIRECTORS,  school  directors  under  town  system,  §§  594-600. 
DISTRICTS,  school.     (See  Schools.) 
DIVISION  of  public  school  moneys,  §§  661-668. 
DUMB,  provisions  for  the  instruction  of,  §  680,  et  seq. 

E. 

EVENING  SCHOOLS,  §  678. 
EXAMINATIONS,  in  normal  schools,  §  466. 

in  training  school  departments  of  graded  schools,  §  474. 
of  candidates  for  teachers'  certificates  : 

by  county  examining  board,  §§  479-483. 
by  town  superintendents,  §§  487,  489,  490. 

by  what  superintendent  made  in  case  of  fractional  district,  §§  501,  502. 
EXAMINING  BOARD,  COUNTY,  §§  477-484. 
EXECUTION,  against  district,  tax  to  be  assessed  to  meet,  §  679. 

F. 

FACTORY,  child  not  to  be  employed  in,  unless  it  has  attended  school,  §  673. 
FEEBLE-MINDED,  provision  for  instruction  of,  §  680,  et  seq. 
FEES,  of  assistant  judges  dividing  school-district  property,  §  556. 
fixing  location  of  school  house,  §  533. 
commissioners  to  apportion  property  of  fractional  district,  §  592. 
normal  school  examiner,  §  466. 
members  of  county  examining  board,  §  478. 
town  superintendent,  §§  4540,  4541. 
town  to  pay,  §  460. 

examining  teacher  at  other  than  public  examination,  §  487. 
school  district  clerk,  not  entitled  to,  when,  §  517. 
chairman  and  members  of  board  of  school  directors,  §  600. 
clerk  of  school  board  for  making  registration  returns,  §  596. 

G. 

GORE,  mode  of  organizing  school  districts  in,  §  504. 

school  district  in,  entitled  to  share  of  IT.  S.  deposit  money,  §§  640,  645. 

inhabitants  of  adjoining  town  may  be  set  to  school  district  in,  §  505. 
GOVERNOR,  to  appoint  normal  school  examiner,  §  466. 

to  fill  vacancies  in  office  of  state  superintendent,  §  452. 

duties,  &c.  as  to  deaf,  dumb,  blind,  &c,  §  680,  et  seq. 
GRADED   SCHOOL,  defined,  §  571. 

principal  of,  not  required  to  have  certificate,  §  496. 

training  school  department  of,  §§  474-476,  629. 

trustees  of,  to  return  statistics  to  state  superintendent,  §  629. 

board  of  school  directors  may  establish,  in  town  using  town  system,  §  597. 

district,  share  of  public  moneys  allowed  to,  §  666. 

to  choose  members  of  text-book  committee,  §  609. 
not  to  be  abolished  for  town  system,  except,  §  604. 
GRAMMAR  SCHOOL,  trustees  to  send  statistics  to  state  superintendent,  §  628. 

lands,  to  be  included  in  quadrennial  appraisal  and  list  printed,  §§  312,  313. 
exemption  of,  from  taxation,  §  270,  VI. 


INDEX. 

GRAND  JURY,  to  present  towns  for  neglect  to  assess  state  school  tax   §  660 
nv  A°^S6Tnt  tOWDS  f°r  misaPPr°P"ating  U.  S.  deposit  money,  §  650 
U-KA.ND   LIST  of  school  district,  how  constituted,  §  630 

moneys  raised  on,  not  to  be  appropriated  to  sectarian  schools,  §  674. 

I. 

JS™10'  and  feebIe"mincled,  provision  for  instruction  of,  S  680  et  *ea 
INSTITUTES,  teachers',  §  454.  *  ?' 

J. 

JUDGES,  ASSISTANT,  of  county  court : 

duties  and  fees  in  locating  school  house,  §  533. 
to  appoint  commission  for  altering  fractional  school  district   S  547 
powers  and  duties  in  dividing  school  district  property,  §§  549-556* 
to  appoint  appraisers  when  town  abolishes  district  system    §  590 

TTT^T^1Dt  COmmissioners  t0  apportion  property  of  fractional  district,  §  592. 
J  UbIICE,  may  issue  warrant  for  collecting  district  tax,  §  631 

to  certify  town  superintendent's  accounts,  §  460. 

duties  of,  in  deciding  as  to  dissolution  of  fractional  district,  §  547. 

L. 

LANDS,  taking  of,  for  school  purposes,  §§  534-542 

LOCATION  of  school  house,  how  fixed  when  district  fails  to  agree,  §§  526-528 

ooo, 

M. 

MEETINGS,  of  school  districts  : 

first  meeting;  in  common  school  districts,'  §  503;  union  district,  §  575 
annua  meeting;  common  school  districts,  §  519;  union  district,  8  575 
special  meetings  to  be  called  on  voters'  application,  §  519 
meetings  by  whom  to  be  warned,  §  519 ;  penalty  for  neglect,  §  520 
requisites  of  warning,  §  521.  V 

"meeting"  deemed  to  mean  meeting  legally  warned,  §  522 
meetings,  proceedings  of,  to  be  recorded  by  clerk,  §  517 
voters  in  meeting,  who  are,  §§  523,  524. 
right  to  vote,  if  challenged,  how  determined,  §  523 

MODERATOR  *,  *  empl°yed  in'  Unless  *  ha*  attended  school,  §  673. 
MODERATOR   election,  term  of  office,  §  503;  in  union  districts,  §  576 

vacancies  in  office  of,  how  filled,  §  518.  • 

to  be  member  of  board  of  abatement,  §  635 

duties,  §  513. 

Jiw0°fnatSenCe  °f'  moderat<>rl>™  tern-  may  be  chosen,  §  513. 
MONEYS,  U.  S.  deposit,  §§  639-651. 

school  moneys,  division  of,  §§  661-668. 

MoSSS  ^  ^^f  °n'  T  t0  bG  aPPr°Priated  *>  sectarian  schools,  §  674. 
MONTH,  school  month,  §  677. 

NORMAL  SCHOOLS,  where  situated;  continued  till  when   S  462 
boarding  houses  for  pupils  in,  not  taxable,  §  270  VII 
teachers  in,  §  463. 
courses  of  study,  §§  464,  465. 
examinations  and  examining  board,  §  466. 
scholarships,  §§  467-471. 

each  town  entitled  to  one,  §  467. 


INDEX. 

NORMAL  SCHOOLS  —  continued. 

scholarships,  appointee  to,  majr  attend  either  school,  §  467. 

town  superintendent  to  appoint  to,  §  468. 

town  superintendent  may  recommend  for,  §  469. 

vacant,  may  be  assigned,  §  470. 

town  not  to  have  more  than  ten  in  one  terra,  §  470. 

number  of,  not  to  exceed  number  of  towns  in  state,  §  470. 

at  what  sum  reckoned ;  money  how  drawn,  §  471. 
appropriations  to,  §§  472,  473. 

payment  of,  conditioned,  §§  465,  471,  473. 
certificate  of  graduation  from,  to  be  license  to  teach,  §  475. 

certificate  may  be  renewed,  §  476. 
NOTICE  for  school  district  meeting,  requirements  of,  §  521. 

o. 

OFFICERS,  of  school  districts ;  election,  term  of  office,  §  508 ;  in  union  dis- 
tricts, §  576. 
women  eligible,  §  524. 

except  collector  to  be  board  of  abatement  of  taxes,  §  635. 
offices  of,  may  be  vacated  if  district  fails  to  provide  school,  §  561. 
vacancies  in  office  of,  how  filled,  §  518. 

to  retain  powers  after  dissolution  of  district  for  paying  and  collecting  debts, 
§  557. 
(See  under  names  of  particular  officers.) 
ORGANIZATION"  of  school  districts  : 
in  organized  towns,  §  503. 

in  unorganized  towns  and  gores,  §  504.  y 

by  parts  of  fractional  districts  after  dissolution,  §  548. 
after  abolishment  of  town  system,  §§  606,  608. 

P. 

POOR  PERSONS,  district  may  direct  names  of,  to  be  omittefl  from  tax-bill, 

§  633. 
PRUDENTIAL  COMMITTEE ;  election,  term  of  office,  §§  508,  509. 

in  union  districts,  §§  576,  577. 

in  town  high  or  central  districts,  §§  580,  582. 
who  to  be  chairman  of,  §  508. 
vacancies  in  office  of,  how  filled,  §  518. 

in  case  of  town  high  er  central  districts,  §  583. 
duties  of,  in  union  and  town  high  or  central  districts,  §§  576,  584. 
to  be  members  of  board  for  abatement  of  taxes,  §  635. 
to  notify  meetings  of  such  board,  §  635. 
to  keep  school  house  in  order,  §  515. 
if  there  is  none,  to  provide  place  for  school,  §  515. 
to  see  that  fuel,  furniture  and  appendages  are  provided,  §  515. 
to  warn  school  district  meetings,  when,  §  519. 

penalty  for  neglect  to  warn,  §  520. 
to  discharge  duties  of  district  clerk  in  his  absence,  §  516. 

penalty  for  neglect,  §  517. " 
to  adopt  measures  for  school's  improvement,  §  515. 
to  hire  and  remove  teachers,  §  515. 

their  contracts  with  teacher  without  certificate,  void,  §  494. 
liable  to  district  for  moneys  paid  to  an  unlicensed  teacher,  §  495. 

exception  in  case  of  principal  teachers,  §  496. 
not  to  pay  for  services  after  certificate  revoked,  unless,  §  497. 


INDEX. 

PRUDENTIAL  COMMITTEE  —  continued. 

to  pay  teacher  only  on  clerk's  certificate  that  register  is  filled,  §  621. 
to  draw  orders  on  treasurer,  §  638. 
may  apply  to  selectmen  to  locate  school  house,  §  526. 
to  apply  when  owner  of  lands  taken  refuses  to  convey,  §  534. 
may  agree  to  refer  question  of  damages  in  such  case,  §  537. 
when  several  schools,  to  regulate  as  to  admissions,  §  572. 
may  arrest  children  not  attending  school,  §  670. 
on  arresting  child,  to  complain  to  a  justice,  §  671. 

when  directed,  to  arrange  for  sending  scholars  to  adjoining  district  or  to  acad- 
emy, §§  564,  567,  568. 
to  notify  parents,  &c.  if  child  not  furnished  text-books,  §  612. 
to  furnish  text-books  if  parents,  &c.  neglect,  §  612. 
to  notify  listers  of  names  of  childreu,  &c.  supplied,  §  613. 
to  assess  tax  to  meet  execution,  §  679. 
when  taxes  voted,  to  make  tax-bill,  §  631. 
may  be  directed  to  omit  poor  persons  from  tax-bill,  §  633. 
may  require  collector  to  give  bonds,  §  511. 

may  require  collector  to  pay  moneys  and  submit  tax-book,  §  637. 
power  of  to  enforce  payment  of  tax,  §  636. 
of  union  district,  to  regulate  admission  to  union  school,  §  574. 
of  town  high  or  central,  to  regulate  admissions  and  tuition,  §  587. 

may  assess  tax,  §  588. 
directors  under  town  system  have  powers  of,  §  597. 
PUBLIC  MONEYS,  division  of,  §§  661-668. 

raised  by  taxes,  not  to  be  appropriated  to  sectarian  schools,  §  674. 
U.  S.  deposit  money,  §§  639-651. 
tdwn  school  fund,  §§  652-655. 

R. 

REGISTERS,  state  superintendent  to  prescribe  blank  form  for,  §  616. 
state  superintendent  to  furnish  to  town  superintendents,  §  617. 
town  superintendent  to  receipt  or  notify  of  failure  to  receive,  §  618. 
district  clerks  to  procure  of  town  superintendent,  §  619. 

responsible  for  keeping  of,  §  619. 
teachers  to  procure,  fill,  and  return,  §  620. 
clerk  to  certify  to  being  properly  filled  out,  §  621. 

teacher  to  be  paid  only  on  presenting  such  certificate,  §  621. 
clerk  to  fill  out  and  return,  §  622. 

clerk  of  fractional  district  to  what  superintendent  to  return,  §§  624,  502. 
town  superintendent  to  make  entries  and  certificate  in  and  return  to  town  clerk, 
§  623. 
how  to  return  certificate  in  case  of  a  fractional  district,  §  624. 
school  moneys  divided  according  to  attendance  as  stated  in,  §  662. 
district  to  receive  no  moneys  unless  register  contains  town  superintendent's 
certificate,  §§  663,  665. 
RELIGIOUS   SCHOOLS,  moneys  raised  by  taxes  not  to  be  given  to,  §  674. 
REPORT,  of  state  superintendent  of  education,  §§  456,  457. 
of  board  of  school  directors,  §  599. 

s* 

SCHOLARSHIPS,  in  normal  schools,  §§  467-471. 
each  town  entitled  to  one,  §  467. 
appointee  may  attend  either  school,  §  467. 
town  superintendent  to  appoint  to,  §  468. 
town  superintendent  may  recommend  for,  §  469. 


INDEX. 

SCHOLARSHIPS  —  continued. 

vacant,  may  be  assigned,  §  470. 
town  not  to  have  more  than  ten  in  one  term,  §  470. 
number  of,  not  to  exceed  number  of  towns  in  state,  §  470. 
at  what  sum  reckoned ;  money  how  drawn,  §  471. 
SCHOOLS, 

normal  schools,  §§  462-473. 

teachers,  §  463;  courses  of  study,  §§  464,  465;  examinations,  §  466. 
scholarships,  §§  467-471;  state  appropriations,  §§  472,  473. 
effect  of  certificates  of  graduation ;  renewal  of  certificates,  §§  475,  476. 
training  school  departments  of  graded  schools,  §§  474-476,  629. 
teachers,  certificates,  granting  of,  §§  475-491,  501.     (  See  Certificate.) 
certificates  to  be  submitted  to  town  superintendent,  §  493. 

teachers  must  have  or  contract  void ;  exception,  §§  494,  496. 
may  be  revoked  or  annulled,  §§  497,  498. 
committee  liable  for  moneys  paid  to  teacher  without,  §  495. 
if  teacher  without,  district  may  not  share  in  public  moneys,  §  665. 
prudential  committee  to  appoint,  agree  with,  and  remove,  §  515. 
entitled  to  wages  only  on  presentation  of  clerk's  certificate  that  register  is 

properly  filled,  §  621. 
may  ask  person  annoying  school  by  staying  at  or  near  it,  to  depart,  §  4230. 

person  refusing  to  withdraw  bow  punished,  §  4230. 
institutes  and  educational  meetings,  §§  454,  455. 
school  districts  ;  organization,  meetings,  officers,  alterations  in, 
towns  to  be  divided  into ;  division  how  to  be  made,  §  499. 
to  be  numbered ;  numbers  and  descriptions  to  be  recorded,  §  500. 
how  formed  of  parts  of  two  or  more  towns,  §  501. 

districts  so  formed  held  to  be  of  what  town  and  county,  §§  501,  502. 
organization  of,  §§  503,  504 ;  of  union  district,  §  573. 

by  parts  of  fractional  districts  after  dissolution,  §  548. 
to  be  corporations  with  usual  powers,  §§  507,  573. 

organized  under  previous  law  to  continue  'as  legal  school  districts,  §  506. 
may  be  abolished  and  town  system  substituted,  §  589. 
persons  may  be  set  to,  by  vote  of  district  in  adjoining  town,  §  505. 
union,  §§  573-578. 

MEETINGS   AND   VOTERS  : 

| rst  meeting ;  in  common  school  district,  §  503 ;  union  district,  §  575. 
annual  meeting;  common  school  district,  §  519;  union  district,  §  575. 
special  meetings,  to  be  called  on  voters'  application,  §  519. 
meetings  by  whom  to  be  warned,  §  519  ;  penalty  for  neglect,  §  520. 
requisites  of  warning,  §  521. 

"  meeting  "  deemed  to  mean  meeting  legally  warned,  §  522. 
meetings,  proceedings  of  to  be  recorded  by  clerk,  §  517. 
voters  in  meeting,  who  are,  §§  523,  524. 
right  to  vote  if  challenged  how  determined,  §  523. 
officers;  election,  term  of  office,  §  508;  in  union  districts,  §  576. 
women  eligible,  §  524. 

except  collector,  to  be  board  for  abatement  of  taxes,  §  635. 
offices  of,  may  be  vacated  if  district  fails  to  provide  school,  §  561. 
vacancies  in  office  of,  how  filled,  §  518. 

to  retain  powers  after  dissolution  of  district,  fop  paying  and  collecting 
debts,  §  557. 
{See  further  under  names  of  particular  officers.) 

ALTERATIONS  IN  DISTRICTS  : 

towns  may  by  vote  divide,  unite,  and  alter  districts,  §  545. 

cannot  be  made  unless  set  forth  in  warning  of  town  meeting,  §  545. 

when  made  must  be  recorded  in  town  clerk's  office,  §  500. 


INDEX. 

SCHOOLS  —  continued. 

school  districts  ;  organization,  meetings,  officers,  etc. —  continued. 
alterations  in  districts  —  continued. 

proceedings  in  dissolving  fractional  districts,  §§  546,  547. 
distribution  of  property  and  payment  of  damages,  §  547. 
inhabitants  of  fractions  after  dissolution  may  organize,  §  548. 
proceedings  when  divided  districts  fail  to  agree   as   to   distribution  of 
property,  §§  549-556. 
application  to  be  had  to  judges,  §  549. 
judges  to  notify  hearing  and  determine  matter,  §  550. 
if  property  not  divisible,  may  be  sold  and  proceeds  divided,  §  551. 
may  set  property  to  one  district  and  fix  sum  to  be  paid,  §  552. 
such  sums  not  paid,  district  to  which  due  may  recover,  §  553. 
judge  when  disqualified,  §  554;  compensation,  §  556. 
judges  to  make  return;  same  to  be  recorded,  §  555. 
towns  may  abolish  districts  and  adopt  town  system,  §  589. 

distribution  of  district  property  in  such  case,  §§  590-593. 
districts  how  may  unite  with  and  separate  from  union  districts,  §  578. 
alterations  in  districts  not  to  affect  debts  due  to  and  from  same,  §  557. 
school  house,  district  may  lay  tax  to  provide,  or  place  for  school,  §  525. 
union  district  may  raise  money  to  provide,  §  573. 
towns  using  town  system  to  provide  and  maintain,  §  603. 
district  may  vote  to  erect  more  than  one,  §  572. 
district  may  elect  committee  to  superintend  building,  &c,  §  543. 
school  directors  under  town  system  to  construct,  §  603. 
location  of,  how  fixed,  §§  526-528,  533. 
in  towns  using  town  system,  §  603. 
when  district  fails  to  provide,  voters  may  apply  to  selectmen,  §  529. 
selectmen  to  hear  parties,  §  529. 

may  order  school  house  built,  §  530. 
may  build  it  themselves  if  district  neglects,  §  531. 
proceedings  of,  to  be  recorded,  §  532. 
location  how  fixed,  if  they  fail  to  agree,  §  533. 
prudential  committee  to  keep  in  order,  §  515. 

to  provide  furniture,  fuel,  and  appendages  for,  §  515. 
to  become  property  of  town  on  adoption  of  town  system,  §  590. 
what  town  to  take,  of  fractional  district,  §  591.  • 

to  be  restored  to  district  on  abolishment  of  town  system,  §  607. 
district  may  sell,  with  lands  connected,  §  544. 
directors,  under  town  system,  may  sell,  §  603. 
district  may  allow  use  of  for  religious  meetings,  &c,  §  676. 
taking  lands  for  school  purposes, 

when  owner  refuses  to  convey  for  reasonable  price,  damages  to  be  assessed 

by  selectmen,  §  534. 
damages  to  be  tendered  or  paid  before  entry,  §  534. 
owner  to  be  given  time  to  remove  buildings,  fences,  &c,  §  535. 
proceedings  to  be  recorded,  §  536. 

owner  dissatisfied  with  damages,  reference  may  be  had,  §  537. 
person  interested  dissatisfied,  may  apply  to  court,  §  538. 
proceedings  in  case  of  application  to  court,  §§  538-540. 
when  the  lands  selected  are  mortgaged,  §  541. 
title  to  vest  on  payment  of  damages  finally  awarded,  §  542. 
maintenance  of  schools, 

schools  to  be  maintained  in  each  town,  §  558. 

branches  required  to  be  taught,  §  558. 

district  may  assess  tax  to  support  school,  §  559 ;  union  district,  §  573. 

instruction  required  to  be  furnished  by  every  district,  §  560. 


INDEX. 

SCHOOLS  —  continued. 

maintenance  of  schools  —  continued. 

if  instruction  not  furnished,  voters  may  apply  to  selectmen,  §  560. 

if  fractional  district,  such  application  to  what  selectmen  made,  §  563. 

duties  and  powers  of  selectmen  on  application  had  to  them,  §  561. 

if  sufficient  instruction  furnished  district  may  have  moneys,  §  562. 
district  may  maintain  evening  schools,  §  678. 

evening  session  treated  as  half  day  session,  §  678. 
district  may  vote  to  have  more  than  one  school,  §  572. 

may  have  higher  branches  taught  at  one  school,  §  572. 

may  regulate  admission  to  high  school,  §  572. 
schools  to  be  kept  in  each  of  districts  forming  union  district,  §  574. 
prudential  committee  to  provide  a  suitable  place  for  schools,  §  515. 
providing  instruction  out  of  district  or  at  academy,  §§  564-570. 
sending  scholars  to  neighboring  district  in  state,  §§  564,  565. 

to  an  adjoining  town,  by  town  using  town  system,  §  566. 

to  district  in  adjoining  state,  §  567. 

to  academy,  §§  568-570. 
compulsory  attendance,  §§  669-672. 
what  children  shall  attend,  §  669. 
penalty  for  permitting  children  to  violate  law,  §  669. 
arrest  of  children  for  non-attendance,  §  670. 
child  arrested  to  be  taken  to  school,  §  670. 
notice,  on  arrest,  to  be  given  to  parent,  &c,  §  670. 
parent,  &c.  not  causing  child  to  attend  after  notice,  proceedings,  §  671. 
officer  arresting  child  to  complain  to  justice,  §  671. 
parent,  &c.  to  be  fined,  §  671. 

prosecution  for  permitting  non-attendance,  §§  671,  672. 
graded,  high  or  central  and  union  schools, 
graded  schools,  defined,  §  571. 

school  directors  may  establish,  in  towns  using  town  system,  §  597. 

principals  of,  not  required  to  have  certificates,  §  496. 

incorporated,  may  have  training  school  department,  §  474. 
provisions  as  to,  §§  474-476;  returns  from,  §  629. 

incorporated,  not  to  be  abolished  for  town  system,  except,  §  604. 

districts,  share  of  public  moneys  allowed  to,  §  666. 
to  choose  members  of  text-book  committee,  §  609. 
district  high  schools,  §  572. 
union  school  district,  formation,  powers,  school  house  how  located,  §  573. 

schools  to  be  kept  in  uniting  districts,  §  574. 

union  school,  who  may  attend,  §  574. 

meetings,  §  575 ;  officers,  §§  576,  577. 

board  for  abatement  of  taxes,  §  635. 

districts  how  to  unite  with  or  withdraw  from  union,  §  578. 

share  of  public  moneys,  §§  662,  666. 

principals  not  required  to  have  certificates,  §  496. 
town  high  or  central  schools,  §§  579-588. 
town  system  ;   abolishing  districts  and  dividing  property,  §§  589-593. 
board  of  school  directors,  to  be  elected  when  districts  abolished,  §  594. 

term  of  office  of;  vacancies,  §  594. 

chairman,  election;  powers  of,  §  595. 

clerk  of,  appointment,  duties,  §  596. 

general  powers  of,  §  597. 

power  as  to  school  houses,  §  603. 

may  receive  students  from  other  towns,  §  598. 

may  provide  for  schooling  of  scholars  in  adjoining  town,  §  566. 


INDEX. 

SCHOOLS  —  continued. 

town  system  —  continued. 

board  of  school  directors,  to  be  text-book  committee,  §  609. 

to  notify  parent,  &c,  if  child  not  furnished  text  books,  §  612. 
to  furnish  text-books  when  parents,  &c.  neglect,  §  612. 
to  notify  listers  of  names  of  parents,  &c,  in  such  case,  §  613. 
to  make  annual  report  and  exhibit  of  warrants  drawn,  §  599. 
compensation  of  members,  §  600. 
selectmen  to  assess  school  tax,  §  601. 

treasurer  to  keep  account  of  school  moneys  and  pay  warrants,  §  602. 
towns  to  provide  school  houses,  §  603. 
provisions  not  to  apply  to  certain  graded  school  districts,  unless,  §  604. 

nor  to  fractional  districts,  unless,  §  604. 
town  system  how  abolished ;  proceedings  on  abolishment,  §§  605-608. 
text-books,  committee  to  select,  how  constituted;  vacancies,  §  609. 
duties  of  committee;  report  to  be  printed  and  distributed,  §  610. 
use  of  books  other  than  those  recommended  unlawful,  §  611. 
selection  of,  what  town  to  govern  in  fractional  district,  §§  501,  502. 
scholars  to  be  provided  with  books  by  school  authorities  if  parent,  master 

or  guardian  neglects,  §  612. 
price  of  books  to  be  added  to  tax  of  parent,  &c,  §  613. 
towns  may  keep,  for  use  in  schools,  §  614 ;  authorized  list,  §  615. 
registers  and  returns,  §§  616-629. 

registers,  state  superintendent  to  prescribe  blank  form  for,  §  616. 
state  superintendent  to  furnish  to  town  superintendents,  §  617. 
town  superintendent  to  receipt  or  notify  of  failure  to  receive,  §  618. 
district  clerks  to  procure  of  town  superintendent,  §  619. 

responsible  for  keeping  of,  §  619. 
teachers  to  procure,  fill,  and  return,  §  620. 
clerk  to  certify  to  being  properly  filled  out,  §  621. 

teacher  to  be  paid  only  on  presenting  such  certificate,  §  621. 
clerk  to  fill  out  and  return,  §  622. 

clerk  of  fractional  district  to  what  superintendent  to  return,  §  624. 
town  superintendent  to  make  entries  and  certificate  in  and  return  to 
town  clerk,  §  623. 
how  to  return  certificate  in  case  of  a  fractional  district,  §  624. 
school  moneys  divided  according  to  attendance  as  stated  in,  §  662. 
district  to  receive  no  moneys  unless  register  contains  town  superin- 
tendent's certificate,  §§  663,  665. 
returns  to  be  made  by  clerk  of  fractional  district,  §  625. 
town  superintendents   to  return   certificates  and  returns   received   under 

sections  624,  625,  to  town  clerk,  §  626. 
returns  to  state  superintendent,  blanks  for,  §  453. 
to  be  made  by  town  superintendents,  §  627. 
state  superintendent  to  receipt  for,  §  627. 
to  be  made  by  academies  and  grammar  schools,  §  628. 
to  be  made  by  certain  graded  schools,  §  629. 
school  taxes  and  school  moneys,  §§  630-668. 

school  district  taxes,  list  on  which  assessed,  of  what  to  consist,  §  630. 
persons  annexed  by  vote  of  one  town  to  district  in  another  to  be  taxed 

in  such  district,  §  505. 
all  expenses  of  supporting  school,  above  public  moneys  received,  to  be 

defrayed  by  tax  on  district,  §  630. 
tax,  may  be  laid  for  expenses  of  scholars  sent  out  of  district,  §§  565,  567. 
may  be  laid  to  provide  place  for  school,  §  525. 
may  be  laid  to  meet  execution,  §  679. 


INDEX. 

SCHOOLS  —  continued. 

school  taxes  and  school  moneys  —  continued. 
school  district  taxes  —  continued. 

tax,  selectmen,  may  assess  to  build  school  house,  when,  §  531. 

may  assess  to  provide  for  instruction  of  scholars,  when,  §  561. 
when  voted,  committee  to  make  rate-bill,  §  631. 

district  may  instruct  committee  to  omit  poor  persons,  §  633. 
warrant  for  collection  of,  §  631. 

district  may  allow  deduction  for  payment  before  clay  fixed,  §  632. 
duty,  liability,  &c.  of  collector,  in  collecting,  §  636. 
town  collector  to  collect  when  laid  by  selectmen,  §§  561,  531. 
abatement  of,  by  district,  §  634. 
board  of  abatement  of,  §  635. 
town  high  or  central  school  district  taxes,  §  588. 
town  school  taxes,  may  be  voted  by  town,  §  656. 

selectmen  to  assess  certain  tax  (state  school  tax)  annually,  §  657. 
town  liable  to  forfeiture,  if  such  tax  not  assessed,  §  658. 

grand  jury  to  present,  §  660;  disposal  of  forfeiture,  §  659. 
selectmen  to  assess  tax  annually  in  towns  using  town  system,  §  601. 
town  school  fund,  powers  and  duties  of  selectmen  as  to,  §§  652,  653. 
selectmen  may  take  and  execute  deeds,  in  care  of,  §§  652,  653. 
tax-payers  may  take  acknowledgment  of,  or  witness  such  deeds,  §  654. 
securities  where  kept ;  account  of  moneys ;  treasurer's  duty,  §  655. 
united  states  deposit  money,  apportionment  of,  §  640. 

treasurer,  to  pay  over  shares  to  towns  electing  trustees,  §  641. 
to  retain  and  manage  shares  when,  §  645. 

duties  in  collection  of  moneys  loaned  by  former  treasurer,  §  651. 
trustees  to  receive,  manage,  and  report,  §  642. 
trustees  to  give  bond  for  faithful  management  of,  &c. ,  §  643. 

office  vacant  if  not  given,  §  643. 
loans  of,  regulated ;  income  to  be  paid  to  town  treasurer,  §  644. 
town  treasurer's  duty  as  to,  §  646. 

income  from,  to  be  appropriated  to  schools,  except,  §  647. 
towns  liable  to  return,  §  648. 

towns  how  liable  for  misappropriation  of,  §§  649,  650. 
division  of  public  moneys,  selectmen  to  make,  §  661. 
how  to  be  made,  §  662. 

moneys  to  be  paid  to  district  treasurers,  §  663. 
share,  of  fractional  districts,  §  667. 

of  union  and  graded  school  districts,  §§  666,  662. 
of  district  sending  scholars  to  academy,  §  570. 
of  district  in  which  selectmen  provide  schooling,  §  562. 
of  district  sending  scholars  out  of  state,  §  567. 
evening  session  of  district  school  to  be  reckoned  half  day,  §  678. 
district  when  denied  share,  §§  663,  665. 
public  moneys  not  to  be  given  to  sectarian  school,  §  674. 
statement  as  to  division  to  be  lodged  with  town  clerk,  §  668. 
miscellaneous,  school  day,  week  and  month,  §  677. 
session  of  evening  school  deemed  half  day,  §  678. 
children  unde#  five  years  not  to  attend  school,  §  675. 
children,  certain,   not  having   attended  school,   not    to  be  employed  in 

factory,  §  673. 
women,  right  of,  in  school  matters,  §  524. 
SECTARIAN  SCHOOLS,  money  raised  by  taxes  not  to  be  given  to,  §  674. 
SELECTMEN,  to  draw  orders  for  pay  of  town  superintendent,  §  460. 
to  organize  school  districts  on  application,  §§  503,  504. 


INDEX. 

SELECTMEN"  —  continued. 

to  fill  vacancies  in  certain  school  district  offices,  §  518. 

to  fix  location  of  school  house,  when,  §§  526-528,  533. 

to  order  district  to  build  school  house,  when,  §§  529,  530. 

to  build  school  house  on  neglect  of  district  ordered  to  build,  §  531. 

duties  in  appraising  school  land  damages,  §§  534-536. 

to  insert  in  warning  article  as  to  dissolving  district,  when,  §  546. 

duties  when  applied  to  in  case  of  neglect  to  provide  instruction,  §  561. 

how  to  distribute  public  moneys  in  case  they  provide  instruction,  §  562. 

to  purchase  land  for  town  high  or  central  school,  §  586. 

to  insert  in  warning  article  as  to  adopting  town  system,  when,  §  589. 

to  appraise  property  of  fractional  district,  when,  §  591. 

to  fill  vacancy  in  board  of  school  directors,  §  594. 

to  assess  annual  school  tax  if  town  uses  town  system,  §  601. 

to  insert  in  warning  article  as  to  restoring  district  system,  when,  §  605. 

duties  as  to  equalization  of  property  on  abolishing  town  system,  §  607. 

to  approve  bond  of  trustees  of  public  money,  §  643. 

powers  and  duties  in  management  of  town  school  fund,  §§  652,  653. 

to  annually  assess  state  school  tax,  §  657. 

how  to  dispose  of  penalty  received  for  not  assessing  state  school  tax,  §  659 

duties  in  making  division  of  school  moneys,  §§  661-665. 

to  lodge  statement  as  to  division  of  moneys  in  town  clerk's  office,  §  668. 
STATE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  EDUCATION,  election  of,  §  452. 

vacancy  in  office  of,  how  filled,  §  452. 

duties  in  general,  §  453. 

his  report ;  what  to  state,  §  456. 
contract  for  printing,  §  4556. 
number  of  copies  to  be  printed,  §  457. 
who  entitled  to  copies,  §  457. 

to  hold  teachers'  institutes  and  educational  meetings,  §§  454,  455. 

to  furnish  blanks,  §§  453,  616. 

to  furnish  registers  to  town  superintendents,  §§  617,  618. 

to  appoint  and  remove  teachers  in  normal  schools,  §  463. 

to  fix  courses  of  study  in  normal  schools,  §  464. 

to  stop  state  appropriation  unless  law  as  to  studies  complied  with,  §  465. 

to  regulate  normal  school  examinations,  §  466. 

to  be  member  of  examining  board,  §  466. 

to  certify  whether  scholarships  have  been  lawfully  granted,  §  471. 

to  direct  as  to  expenditure  of  normal  school  appropriations,  §§  472,  473. 

to  make  certificates  on  which  appropriations  to  be  drawn,  §§  472,  473. 

to  establish  courses  of  study  in  training  schools,  §  474. 

to  be  member  of  examining  board  of  training  school,  §  474. 
STATE  TREASURER,  to  apportion  U.  S.  deposit  money,  §  640. 

duties  in  collection  of  deposit  moneys  loaned  by  predecessor,  §  651. 

to  pay  shares  to  towns  electing  trustees,  §  641. 

to  manage  shares  when,  §  645. 
STATISTICS,  state  superintendent  to  furnish  blanks  for,  §  453. 

town  superintendents  to  return,  §  627. 

to  be  returned  by  academies  and  grammar  schools,  §  628. 

to  be  returned  by  certain  graded  schools,  §  629. 
STUDIES,  required  to  be  taught  in  schools,  §  558. 

district  maintaining  more  than  one  school  may  have  higher  branches  taught, 
§572. 

courses  of  study  in  normal  schools,  §§  464,  465. 

courses  of  study  in  training  schools,  §  474. 
SUPERINTENDENT.     (See  State  Superintendent.     Town  Superintendent.) 


INDEX. 

T. 

TAX-BILL,  prudential  committee  to  make,  §  631. 

committee  to  omit  poor  persons  from,  when  district  so  orders,  §  633. 
TAXES, 

school  district  taxes,  list  on  which  assessed,  of  what  to  consist,  §  630. 

persons  annexed  by  vote  of  one  town  to  district  in  another  to  be  taxed  in 

such  district,  §  505. 
all  expenses  of  supporting  school,  above  public  moneys  received,  to  be 

defrayed  by  tax  on  district,  §  630. 
tax,  may  be  laid  for  expenses  of  scholars  sent  out  of  district,  §§  5£5,  567. 
may  be  laid  to  provide  place  for  school,  §  525. 
may  be  laid  to  meet  execution,  §  679. 
selectmen,  may  assess  to  build  school  house,  when,  §  531. 

may  assess  to  provide  for  instruction  of  scholars,  when,  §  561. 
when  voted,  committee  to  make  rate-bill,  §  631. 

district  may  instruct  committee  to  omit  poor  persons,  §  633. 
warrant  for  collection  of,  §  631. 

district  may  allow  deduction  for  payment  before  day  fixed,  §  632. 
duty,  &c.  of  collector,  in  collecting,  §  636. 
town  collector  to  collect  when  laid  by  selectmen,  §§  561,  531. 
abatement  of,  by  district,  §  634. 
board  of  abatement  of,  §  635. 
town  high  or  central  school  district  taxes,  §  588. 
town  school  taxes,  may  be  voted  by  town,  §  656. 

selectmen  to  assess  certain  tax  (state  school  tax)  annually,  §  657. 
town  liable  to  forfeiture,  if  such  tax  not  assessed,  §  658. 

grand  jury  to  present,  §  660;  disposal  of  forfeiture,  §  659. 
selectmen  to  assess  tax  annually  in  towns  using  town  system,  §  601. 
TAX- WARRANT,  for  collecting  district  tax,  §  631. 
TEACHERS,  state  certificates,  §§  475,  476. 

county  certificates,  examinations  for,  §§  477-484. 

issuing  of;  how  long  in  force,  §  482. 
town  certificates,  examinations  for,  §  487. 

issuing  of,  §  488 ;  how  long  in  force,  §  491. 

of  what  superintendent  obtained  for  fractional  district,  §§  501 ,  502. 
of  whom  obtained  when  no  town  superintendent,  §  489. 
of  whom  town  superintendent  may  obtain  one,  §  490. 
list  of,  granted,  to  be  lodged  in  clerk's  office,  §  492. 
chairman  of  school  board  may  grant,  §  595. 
holding  state  or  county  certificate  to  notify  superintendent,  &c. ,  §  493. 
must  have  certificate,  or  contract  for  teaching  void,  §  494. 

exception  in  case  of  principal  teacher,  §§  494,  496. 
certificate  of,  may  be  revoked  or  annulled;  effect,  §§  497,498. 
if  without  certificate,  district  not  entitled  to  public  moneys,  §  665. 
if  without  certificate,  committee  liable  for  moneys  paid  to,  §  495. 
prudential  committee  to  appoint,  agree  with  and  remove,  §  515. 
school  directors  to  appoint  under  town  system,  §  597. 
to  procure  registers  from  district  clerk,  §  620. 
entitled  to  wages  only  on  presenting  clerk's  certificate  that  register  is  properly 

filled,  §  621. 
in  normal  schools,  how  appointed,  §  463. 
training  school  for  instruction  of,  §  474. 
TEACHERS'  INSTITUTES,  and  educational  meetings,  §§  454,  455. 
TEXT-BOOKS,  for  schools,  committee  to  select,  how  constituted,  §  609. 
duties  of  committee;  report  to  be  printed  and  distributed,  §  610. 
use  of  books  not  recommended,  unlawful,  §  611 ;  authorized  selection,  §  615. 


INDEX. 

TEXT-BOOKS  —  continued. 

selection  of  what  town  to  rule  in  fractional  districts,  §§  501,  502. 
scholars  to  be  provided  with  books  by  school  authorities  when,  §  612. 
price  of  books  to  be  added  to  parents',  &c.  tax,  §  G13. 
towns  may  keep  text-books  for  use  in  schools,  §  614. 
TOWN,  may  by  vote  divide  its  territory  into  school  districts,  §  499. 
may  set  inhabitants  to  district  in  adjoining  town  or  gore,  §  505. 
may  alter  school  districts,  §  545. 
may  abolish  districts  and  adopt  town  system,  §  589. 
may  abolish  town  system  and  restore  districts,  §  605. 
may  establish  high  or  central  schools,  and  fix  bounds  of  districts,  §  579. 
forming  high  or  central  schools,  to  have  powers  of  union  districts,  §  579. 
to  fix  compensation  of  school  directors,  §  600. 
to  pay  compensation  of  town  superintendent,  §  460. 
may  vote  additional  compensation  to  superintendent,  §  4541. 
to  elect  text-book  committee,  §  609. 
may  purchase  and  hold  text-books,  §  614. 
may  vote  tax  for  support  of  schools,  §  656. 
may  borrow  U.  S.  deposit  money,  §  644. 
entitled  to  scholarship  in  normal  school,  §  467. 
TOWN  AGENT,  to  sue  prudential  committee  for  sums  paid  unlicensed  teacher, 

§  495. 
TOWN   CLERK,  to  distribute  state  superintendent's  report,  §  457. 

to  record  numbers,  descriptions  and  alterations  in  school  districts,  §  500. 

proceedings  of  selectmen  in  building. school  house,  &c,  §  532. 

proceedings  of  selectmen  in  taking  lands  for  schools,  §  536. 

justices'  order  of  dissolution  of  fractional  district,  §  547. 

county  judges'  return  on  division  of  district  property,  §  555. 
TOWN  SUPERINTENDENT  OP  SCHOOLS, 
term  of  office,  §  458;  fees,  §  4540;    town  to  pay,  §  460. 
towns  may  vote  extra  compensation  to,  §  4541. 
account  for  services,  §  460;  duplicate  filed  with  town  clerk,  §  461. 
to  visit  schools  ;  duties  in  general,  §  459. 
of  which  town  to  visit  school  in  fractional  district,  §  501. 
his  measures  to  govern  if  in  conflict  with  committee's,  §  515. 
may  appoint  and  recommend  for  normal  scholarships,  §§  468,  469. 
annual  county  meeting  of  superintendents,  §  485. 

to  decide  on  and  have  printed  examination  questions,  §  486. 

to  elect  county  examining  board,  §  477. 

secretary  of  meeting  to  make  return  of  names,  §  477. 
duties  of  superintendent  as  member  of  examining  board,  §§  477,  484. 
each  to  hold  two  public  examinations  annually,  §  487. 
may  examine  teachers  at  any  time,  §  487. 
fee  for  examining  at  other  than  public  examination,  §  487. 
to  grant  certificates,  §  488. 

may  grant  certificates  to  teach  in  adjoining  town,  when,  §  489. 
of  which  town  to  grant  certificates  for  fractional  district,  §§  501,  502. 
when  office  vacant,  superintendent  of  adjoining  town  may  license,' §  489. 
wishing  to  teach,  of  what  superintendent  to  get  certificate,  §  490.  • 

certificates  granted  by,  how  long  in  force,  §  491. 
to  make  returns  as  to  certificates  granted,  §  492. 
to  lodge  list  of  certificates  granted,  in  clerk's  office,  §  492. 
teachers  having  state  and  county  certificates,  to  notify,  &c,  §  493. 
may  revoke  and  annul  certificates,  §§  497,  498. 
to  be  member  of  text-book  committee,  §  609. 

to  have  printed  and  distribute  committee's  report*  §  610. 

to  charge  for  expense  so  incurred,  in  his  account,  §  610. 


INDEX. 

TOWN  SUPERINTENDENT  OP  SCHOOLS  —  continued. 

to  supply  scholars  with  text-books,  when,  §  G12. 
to  notify  listers  when  scholars  so  supplied,  §  613. 
to  receive  registers  from  state  superintendent,  §  617. 
on  receiving  to  forward  receipt,  §  618. 
not  receiving  to  notify  state  superintendent,  §  618. 
to  distribute  registers,  §  619. 

to  make  entries  and  certificate  in  register  when  returned  to  him,  §  623. 
to  return  register  to  town  clerk,  when,  §  623. 

duty  as  to  making  returns,  &c,  in  case  of  fractional  district,  §§  624,  626. 
to  fill  blanks  for  statistics,  and  return,  §  627. 
entitled  to  copy  of  state  superintendent's  report,  §  457. 
chairman  of  school  board  to  have  powers  and  duties  of,  §  595. 
TOWN  SYSTEM, 

abolishing  districts,  and  dividing  district  property,  §§  589-593. 

board  of  school  directors,  to  be  elected  when  districts  abolished,  §  594. 

term  of  office  of;  vacancies,  §  594. 

chairman,  election;  powers  of,  §  595. 

clerk  of,  appointment,  duties,  §  596. 

general  powers  of,  §  597. 

power  as  to  school  houses,  §  603. 

may  receive  students  from  other  towns,  §  598. 

may  provide  for  schooling  of  scholars  in  adjoining  town,  §  566. 

to  be  text-book  committee,  §  609. 

to  notify  parent,  &c,  if  child  not  furnished  text-books,  §  612. 

to  furnish  text-books  when  parents,  &c.  neglect,  §  612. 

to  notify  listers  of  names  of  parents,  &c.  in  such  case,  §  613. 

to  make  annual  report  and  exhibit  of  warrants  drawn,  §  599. 

compensation  of  members,  §  600. 
selectmen  to  assess  school  tax,  §  601. 

treasurer  to  keep  account  of  school  moneys  and  pay  warrants,  §  602. 
towns  to  provide  school  houses,  §  603. 
provisions  not  to  apply  to  certain  graded  school  districts  unless,  §  604. 

nor  to  fractional  districts,  unless,  §  604. 
town  system,  how  abolished ;  proceedings  on  abolishment,  §§  605-608. 
TOWN  TREASURER, 

to  keep  separate  account  of  moneys  of  town  school  fund,  §  655. 
to  give  credit  in  account  of  school  fund  for  income  of  deposit  money,  §  646. 
to  keep  separate  account  of  school  moneys  in  towns  using  town  system,  §  602. 
to  pay  warrants  of  members  of  board  of  school  directors,  §  602. 
to  be  treasurer  of  town  high  or  central  district;  duties  as  such,  §  585. 
TRAINING  SCHOOL  department  of  graded  schools,  §§  474-476. 

returns  by,  §  629. 
TREASURER,  school  district ;  election,  §  508 ;  union  district,  §  576. 
vacancies  in  office  of,  how  filled,  §  518. 
to  be  member  of  board  for  abatement  of  taxes,  §  635. 
general  duties,  §  514. 

prudential  committee  to  draw  orders  on,  §  638. 
collector  to  submit  tax-book  to,  &c,  on  committee's  request,  §  637. 
taxes  collected  to  be  paid  to,  §§  631,  636. 

(See  State  Treasurer.     Town  Treasurer.) 
TRUSTEES  OP  PUBLIC  MONEY,  duties,  .§§  642-644. 


INDEX. 

u. 

UNION"  SCHOOL,  districts ;  formation,  powers,  §  573. 

school  house  how  located,  §  573. 

schools  to  be  kept  in  uniting  districts,  §  574. 

union  school,  who  may  attend,  §  574. 

meetings,  §  575 ;  officers,  §§  576,  577. 

board  for  abatement  of  taxes,  §  635. 

districts  how  to  unite  with,  or  withdraw  from  union,  §  578. 

share  of  public  moneys,  §§  662,  666. 

principals  not  required  to  have  certificates,  §  496. 
UNITED  STATES  DEPOSIT  MONEY,  §§  639-651.     (See  Schools.) 
UNORGANIZED  TOWN,  mode  of  organizing  school  district  in,  §  504. 

district  in,  entitled  to  share  of  U.  S.  deposit  money,  §  640. 
treasurer  to  retain  and  manage  share,  §  645. 

V. 

VACANCIES,  in  office  of  state  superintendent,  how  filled,  §  452. 

in  school  district  offices,  how  filled,  §  518. 

in  office  of  prudential  committee  of  town  high  or  central  school,  §  583. 
VOTERS,  in  school  district  meeting,  who  are,  §§  523,  524. 

right  to  vote  when  challenged,  how  determined,  §  523. 

"WARNING,  of  school  district  meeting,  requisites  of,  §  521. 

who  to  warn  meetings,  §  519. 

penalty  for  neglect  to  warn,  §  520. 
WARRANT,  for  collection  of  tax  in  common  school  district,  §  631. 

for  collection  of  tax  in  town  high  or  central  district,  §  588. 
WEEK,  school  week,  §  677. 
WOMEN,  rights  of,  in  school  matters,  §  524. 


YEAR,  school  year,  §  677. 


Key*  of  thi 

[flllflRSITY] 


YE  00838 


Vtt 


/ 


5k80G 


